pinhole chronicles
still life
Thursday, April 13, 2006
This is the latest pinhole image using the Canon EOS 1Ds camera and a body cap pinhole. This camera affords an even better lower-noise image with a full frame sensor and infinite processing choices
island harbor
Monday, August 23, 2004
Raiding the glassware cabinet of my friends’ house at Fishers Island, I grab a glass with bubbles embedded in the cylinder and head for a porch overlooking the harbor. Balancing the camera on a
double bubble
Thursday, August 19, 2004
Continuing to try to find new approaches, I give this idea a shot. Put a glass in front of the camera and aim it all out the window of my apartment facing east Dayton toward Webster Station. You can
moving the glass around
Saturday, August 7, 2004
The jaggy magenta line on the right side of this image is caused by moving my hand holding the glassware during the exposure. The wind is moving the flowers about as well. Of course, the camera is
through the bottom of a glass
Friday, August 6, 2004
Turning the glassware so that the pinhole is aimed through the bottom, I get this image that makes the sidewalk split. Diverging realities, anyone?
Using Nikon body cap with a pinhole drilled into it, I started experimenting with the concept on a trip to Hong Kong in 2003. In 2004, while working on a masters in visual arts, I begin to reintroduce glass into the equation. Since a pinhole camera puts everything in focus, though nothing is very clear and sharp, the idea resonated with the following images:
