holga panorama: round 2

so here is the second set from my in-holga-panorama trails. as you can see i need to do a couple more test to get the clicks and camera adjustments right. on this first one i decided to do 21 clicks for every frame instead of doing less clicks every other frame. i really like this one, but i still want to get it a tighter.


here's the second one. i feel as the vertical panoramas are turning out a lot better, and i enjoy the look of them even more. so i've been a little disappointed with them. the main reason i am doing the horizontal ones is because i am going to write a little how-to for in a couple weeks and need horizontals for the article. so look out for it! anyway here's the horizontal panorama.

holga in camera panorama.

so i've been working a lot on perfecting the in-camera panorama. it's fun, but no matter what i do the images don't come together as well as i want them too. don't get me wrong, i love the way they are coming out, but i do want the image to be a little tighter. i'm also one of those photographers who is all about the process of doing the work then the actual final piece. i love being out shooting with my hacked up tripod that i got for like a dollar at the local goodwill, and having people seem interested in what i'm doing but not having the time or guts to take to me about it.

anyway, here are the first couple in my panorama/ tiltorama series. i'm trying to figure out how many clicks it takes to get to the next spot i want on the next frame. the most difficult part is where and what to line up in the viewfinder. i've been using objects that are about a seven eighth of the way across the viewfinder (left to right, everything you do with in-camera panoramas need to be left to right), then advancing the film 21 times and lining up the object about an eighth in the view finder (there's got to be an easier way to explain this). i just need to adjust the clicks a little more and i think i may have it.

here's a camera that i have been working on. the body is made from one of my girlfriends old candles and the lens is pull off an old "panoramic" point and shoot camera i found a local goodwill. the film canisters have to be taped onto the outside of the body, and completely covered or there is a ton of light leaks and the image is unrecognizable.


i have also tapped on a 3.5 ilford paper contrast filter to try and add contrast to the images, but it didn't help too much.

here are some examples from this camera.