TexasGirl Photography

Today is Worldwide Pinhole Photography Day! I am out somewhere with a pinhole camera (as yet undetermined at the time I wrote this post), and I guarantee it’s one of my Ondu pinhole cameras because they are my absolute favorite. You can see my 6×6 Ondu pictured above.

If you’re curious about pinhole photography, you can read a great article about it here.

My own history with the format isn’t extensive. I remember my Dad getting into it when I was young; he went through a phase where he extensively researched how-to and then made his own pinhole camera. Typical for me, I didn’t pay much attention to it at the time. It was just another one of my Dad’s trips down a rabbit hole that he emerged from as successful as usual.

Fast forward to 2015 and I found myself at a gathering of women photographic artists in Port Aransas, TX. We made pinhole cameras out of beer cans, loaded them with paper for negatives, and developed the results in the motel bathroom. The resulting image I made was terrible but I was very, very interested! When Ondu eventually launched, I purchased a medium format pinhole camera from the initial kickstarter campaign and was off to the races.

Since my Dad was the official start of my exposure to pinhole photography, it seems fitting for me to share with you today some pinhole photographs made at the place he photographed the most often: the Suspension Bridge in Waco, TX (my hometown, in case you missed that detail about me from many other blog posts). I’ve been going to the bridge with a camera for just about my entire life, and it never gets old!

I am a HUGE fan of the big bronze sculptures that were installed at the bridge a few years ago! They, like the bridge itself, are endlessly photographable for me.

Again in partial homage to my Dad, on the same trip to Waco I went further along the Brazos River to Jacob’s Ladder, which I pinholed along with the riverbank.

The Brazos River was a big part of my childhood, and it remains one of my favorite places. Together with the Suspension Bridge and Cameron Park, Waco is full of jewels worth revisiting over and over again. I’m already looking forward to the next time! The only question is: what camera will I use?

Thanks for reading! Did you celebrate Pinhole Day today? If not, would you like to try pinhole photography sometime? Contact me!