Fortified church of Monceau sur Oise
We have a large density of fortified churches here, let's start with that of Monceau sur Oise: Wikipedia link.
Sorry, no English translation for English speaking friends but it's not difficult to understand even in french. As you see it is surrounded by walls very close to the building, so it is difficult to take a photo. If I also add the horrible electrical wires surrounding it, this church is not a model of ease.
But pinhole cameras have a huge advantage, their wide field of vision, so I tried my luck and here are the results in A5 format (No retouching, only positive):
The A6 format is that of maxi postcards but what about the classic A5 format of a postcard? The format is half as large, the image will be too.
Since the field of vision must be as wide as possible, why not try circular panoramic pinhole? This one was overexposed, I had to retouch it but the lesson is that you can take photos of very surrounded buildings.
Since from now on I like to produce cyanopés, an article on cyanotype postcards is in preparation. For the moment I'm accumulating as many negatives as possible despite rainy weather not seen in at least 25 years. I am considering launching into the business of cyanotype postcards professionally, hence the manufacture and testing of suitable boxes, cyanotype exposure tests and obviously, we are in France, paperwork and other hassles of a finicky bureaucracy. Initially the idea was to offer pinhole cameras for sale, it remains relevant but the economy is in tatters (thanks to the Mozart's of finance...) and customers ready to invest a hundred euros or more in a box are becoming increasingly rare. In addition to the box, you must add photo paper and chemicals to treat them. It's time and money. But people are more and more in a hurry, spending hours finding the right location, taking the photo, developing it, is not necessarily the current fashion. And it is not an exact science the risk of failure is always present. Fashion is more for things that are simple and quick and, if possible, inexpensive. Hence this reversal, this addition I should say, of the postcard proposal. Between a 3 euro postcard available immediately, unique in its method of manufacture and the more than 150 euros to start testing pinhole cameras and cyanopés, most people will prefer to buy the ready-made souvenir in the form of a A5 or A6 postcard. Cyanopé also offers the possibility of manufacturing a unique souvenir photo taken using an ancient process, there also remains a small clientele. Google maps has killed the market for photos of one's house taken by satellite, the photo of one's home taken the old-fashioned way has not yet been replaced by the internet. On the program therefore, probably few pinhole cameras, of which the shipping costs for an assembled and tested box are prohibitive, especially for abroad, but a reorientation towards the market of postcards and custom photos. Life will tell...