Comments on: Child’s Play & War Games with Benjamin Wooten http://www.withoutlenses.com/articles/interview/childs-play-war-games-with-benjamin-wooten Sun, 29 Aug 2010 18:23:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Marv Thompson http://www.withoutlenses.com/articles/interview/childs-play-war-games-with-benjamin-wooten/comment-page-1#comment-199 Marv Thompson Wed, 24 Mar 2010 00:37:58 +0000 http://www.withoutlenses.com/?p=166#comment-199 A very interesting article Erin. I have been tinkering in the "studio" and Benjamin's motion studies have given me some inspiration to build on. The realistic look of the photos is a bit unnerving; I'm sure he has spent a lot of set up time to achieve the look. Time well spent I must say. A very interesting article Erin. I have been tinkering in the “studio” and Benjamin’s motion studies have given me some inspiration to build on. The realistic look of the photos is a bit unnerving; I’m sure he has spent a lot of set up time to achieve the look. Time well spent I must say.

]]> By: Joe Van Cleave http://www.withoutlenses.com/articles/interview/childs-play-war-games-with-benjamin-wooten/comment-page-1#comment-167 Joe Van Cleave Fri, 05 Mar 2010 17:30:38 +0000 http://www.withoutlenses.com/?p=166#comment-167 This was a neat article. I've done a bit of toy soldier pinhole photography, so I appreciate the subject matter. Regarding Benjamin's work on spy cameras, I recall years ago one of those big coffee table picture books of spy paraphernalia, that showed a picture of a cold war-era KGB pinhole spy camera, a little brass box a bit smaller than a cigarette pack with five pinhole chambers, exposing images onto a strip of 16mm film. This got me interested in the genre, from which I've built a few versions. I also proposed on F295, several years ago, an idea for an "IED", an Improvised Exposure Device, concealed into an object like a soda can, placed outside in some public area, that takes timed pinhole exposures, the idea being to make it as mechanical and non-electronic as possible. I haven't returned to pursue that idea, but perhaps this neat article about Benjamin Wooten will give me further inspiration to proceed. ~Joe This was a neat article. I’ve done a bit of toy soldier pinhole photography, so I appreciate the subject matter.

Regarding Benjamin’s work on spy cameras, I recall years ago one of those big coffee table picture books of spy paraphernalia, that showed a picture of a cold war-era KGB pinhole spy camera, a little brass box a bit smaller than a cigarette pack with five pinhole chambers, exposing images onto a strip of 16mm film. This got me interested in the genre, from which I’ve built a few versions.

I also proposed on F295, several years ago, an idea for an “IED”, an Improvised Exposure Device, concealed into an object like a soda can, placed outside in some public area, that takes timed pinhole exposures, the idea being to make it as mechanical and non-electronic as possible. I haven’t returned to pursue that idea, but perhaps this neat article about Benjamin Wooten will give me further inspiration to proceed.

~Joe

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