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Maria G. Essig, photographer

Slow photography for a frenzied world
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Blender Pinhole

My blender pinhole camera is essentially a cookie tin with three pinholes. The camera accommodates medium format roll film (120 or 220). The film is wound around a spindle in the center of the tin. Each pinhole can be opened individually. Images from the three pinholes are blended together and are distorted due to the curved surface of the film. The results are always surprising and sometimes delightful.

Bruneau Dunes Mirage
Bruneau Dunes Mirage
Arrowleaf Balsamroot Study 1
Arrowleaf Balsamroot Study 1
Homesteading
Homesteading
Bitterroot Explosion
Bitterroot Explosion
Stanley Lake Morning
Stanley Lake Morning
Chess Dreams 1
Chess Dreams 1
Of all the Dons in the world...
Of all the Dons in the world...
Spring Riot
Spring Riot
Bleeding Hearts
Bleeding Hearts
Camping
Camping
The Heron
The Heron
Transitions
Transitions
Hedgehog's Garden
Hedgehog's Garden
Headgehog's Garden 2
Headgehog's Garden 2
Old Goodrich School
Old Goodrich School
Bus Stop 1
Bus Stop 1
Bus Stop 2
Bus Stop 2
One Red Tulip
One Red Tulip
One Tulip
One Tulip
Pasque Flower Study
Pasque Flower Study
Chemotherapy Hopes
Chemotherapy Hopes
Chemotherapy Dreams
Chemotherapy Dreams
Promise of Chemotherapy
Promise of Chemotherapy

Pinhole Color

The photographs in this gallery were captured with one of my pinhole cameras:

* Zero image teak medium-format  wide-angle pinhole.

* Medium format wooden pinhole adjustable from wide angle to telephoto - made by Nikola Dyulgyova.

* Noon Kingston wooden large-format pinhole.

* Pinhole camera I made by hand.

Sawtooth Mountain Trail
Sawtooth Mountain Trail
Bench Lake - Sawtooth Wilderness
Bench Lake - Sawtooth Wilderness
Autumn in the Sawtooths
Autumn in the Sawtooths
Sawtooth Aspen Glories
Sawtooth Aspen Glories
Sawtooth Aspen Slope
Sawtooth Aspen Slope
Aspen Orange
Aspen Orange
Sawtooth Meadow
Sawtooth Meadow
Stanley Lake Sunset
Stanley Lake Sunset
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Arrowleaf Balsamroot 1
Arrowleaf Balsamroot 1
Arrowleaf Balsamroot 2
Arrowleaf Balsamroot 2
Memorial Day 1
Memorial Day 1
Memorial Day 2
Memorial Day 2
Poppies
Poppies
Butchart Gardens
Butchart Gardens
Stanley Lake 1
Stanley Lake 1
Three of Us
Three of Us
Offerings
Offerings

Pinhole Black & White

The black and white images in this gallery were captured using one of the following pinhole cameras:

* Zero image teak medium-format  wide-angle pinhole.

* Medium format wooden pinhole adjustable from wide angle to telephoto - made by Nikola Dyulgyova.

* Noon Kingston wooden large-format pinhole.

* Pinhole camera I made by hand.

 

Electric Trees
Electric Trees

Department of State Lands - Missoula

Clark Fork River
Clark Fork River
Clark Fork River 2
Clark Fork River 2
Stanley Lake Mist
Stanley Lake Mist
Stanley Lake Morning
Stanley Lake Morning
Stanley Lake Tranquility
Stanley Lake Tranquility
Fort Boise Military Cemetery
Fort Boise Military Cemetery
Salute to the Unknown Soldier
Salute to the Unknown Soldier
Memorial Day
Memorial Day

Taken with telephoto pinhole camera

Bass Creek on Birthday 1
Bass Creek on Birthday 1
Bass Creek on Birthday 2
Bass Creek on Birthday 2
Bass Creek on Birthday 3
Bass Creek on Birthday 3
Goodrich Schoolhouse
Goodrich Schoolhouse

Goodrich, Idaho

Capitol Quiet
Capitol Quiet
Capitol Reflections
Capitol Reflections
Cascade Falls - Tahoe
Cascade Falls - Tahoe
Cascade Falls - Tahoe 2
Cascade Falls - Tahoe 2
Seattle Waterfront
Seattle Waterfront
Russian Birch Forest
Russian Birch Forest

Taken in Vad, Russia

Autumn Trees
Autumn Trees

Panoramic Pinhole

These panoramas were captured using either my ONDU wooden pinhole camera - a work of art in itself - or a pinhole camera 3D-printed for me by a friend as a gift. Both take exquisite photographs. The 3d-printed camera is my usual choice for taking along on extended hikes into the wilderness because it is sturdy, light, and easy to load in the field.

Titus Lake Trail - Sawtooths
Titus Lake Trail - Sawtooths
Bruneau Dunes Memories
Bruneau Dunes Memories
Warm Lake Outlet
Warm Lake Outlet
Wide-Angle Warm Lake
Wide-Angle Warm Lake
High Desert Dunes and Water
High Desert Dunes and Water
Glory of the Foothills
Glory of the Foothills
Arrowleaf Balsamroot Emergence
Arrowleaf Balsamroot Emergence
Prickle of Hedgehogs
Prickle of Hedgehogs
Spring Layers
Spring Layers
Hedgehog's Garden 2
Hedgehog's Garden 2
High Desert Vista
High Desert Vista
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Bruneau Dunes Mirage
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Blender Pinhole
Sawtooth Mountain Trail
19
Pinhole Color
Electric Trees
26
Pinhole Black & White
Titus Lake Trail - Sawtooths
11
Panoramic Pinhole

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