Journal #2 Pinhole Camera Pictures

This week's assignment was to take pictures with our pinhole cameras. When I first started this assignment I thought this would be pretty easy, all you need to do is hold your camera still and open the lens cover. Obviously, it's not that simple!





edited version of picture number one



Alright, for my first image I tired to take a picture of the escarpment from the rocks in the smoking area. Since I was in a relatively shady area, I followed the section in the chart that was called Closed Shade. It said around 1-3 minutes. I decided to leave it open for a minute and half because it was facing the sun. My problem was that I left it open too long, and my photo got over exposed. What I don't think I took into consideration was that since my camera was pointing upward, towards the sky, it would be brighter and would need to stay open for a smaller amount of time.



 For my second picture, I decided to take one of the lower gym stairwell. This image turned out under exposed because of the indoor light and the white walls. I left the lens open for 3 and a half minutes because I thought that since the walls were white, they would reflect light and make the over all picture lighter. In the end, the picture was under exposed and did not turn out. I needed to leave to lens open for a longer amount of time so that the light could touch the photographic paper.



edited and unedited versions of the second picture









edited and unedited version of my third picture



For my third picture, I wanted to try something different. I wanted to capture the bike tires at front of the building. I decided to leave the lens open for around 35 seconds because I was in the shade. There was no direct sunlight in my picture at all. The outcome was the an over exposed photograph. I don't really know what happened with that one, because I wasn't in contact with any sunlight. I think that since the light was reflected off the metal frame of the bike, it made my picture over exposed.





If I ever do this again, I will now know to start with a shorter period of time where the lens is open when I am outside, and a longer period for indoor photographs.