Category Archives: Photo Education
120 Matchbox Pinhole Project – Part 4
This is the fourth of a number of posts that will be devoted to the construction and the use of such a camera.
Selfie is a four-letter word
For some reason there seems to be an acceptance that every image focused on the maker ever created in the history of artistic image-making must now be thrown into this single and greatly demeaning heading.
Shoot Your HDR on a String – Make a handheld HDR support
The device here is called a String-pod. It can be an effective tool to help steady the camera during most daylight HDR sequences as well as exposure times that are…………
120 Matchbox Pinhole Project – Part 3
This is the third of a number of posts that will be devoted to the construction and the use of such a camera.
Nighttime Photography with a Flashlight
Nocturnal light painting with a flashlight is a way to make sure that the important subject details are illuminated in the final rendition.
120 Matchbox Pinhole Project – Part 2
This is the second of a number of posts that will be devoted to the construction and the use of such a camera.
Accepting the good, the bad and the ugly in Photography
It seems that the photographic world is pretty much divided between those who see the world as they want to see it (fantasy) and those who attempt to see the truth (reality).
When Photographs Were Round
It may be hard for some to imagine that there was a time when snapshot images were produced in the round.
Dirkon – The Paper Pinhole Camera
Personally, I find the HOLE idea, (excuse the pun) absolutely amazing. Pinhole is magical in that it requires no sensor, no mechanical parts and no lens. While it is possible to use a pinhole in place of a lens on a digital camera to take pinhole images, a tiny hole in a simple box with a piece of light sensitive material inside is far more impressive.