When I received my Ondu 6x6 Rise pinhole camera I asked if Elvis Hallilovic, the maker, might be able to include one of his 3D printed grids. This enables me to divide the film frame up into thirds, using each of the camera’s three pinholes to expose them. It took me a while to find an opportunity to use it, and even longer to finish off the roll of film, but I recently scanned my developed negatives, excited to see the results.
For some of the photos I simply opened all three pinholes at ones, creating a triptych which shows slightly different slices of the same scene, as in the photo above. For others I made three separate exposures of different but related scenes, as you can see below. Some of the slices worked better than others but I’m sure this will improve as I become more used to framing up the top and bottom pinholes.
After my visit to St Mary’s in North Stoke (above) I headed down to the beach at Climping where I created this seaside triptych.
The next photo is a slice of hotel life, taken while I was staying in Somerset in February. Again, I’ve slightly mis-framed the top slice, but I like the effect this creates.
Another themed triptych - this time different perspectives on one of the fountains at the Barbican in London.
The Barbican’s architectural lines also offered some great opportunities for the triple layered effect, including on self portrait by the stairs. All I need to do now is figure out where I might use this effect again - watch this space!
Photos taken January to June 2024