Pinhole Day

My first attempt at pinhole photography for Pinhole day.

April 25th was Worldwide Pinhole Photography Day and I was prepared with a Finney pinhole bodycap for my camera and Jarkko to valiantly carry my tripod around town while looking for things that might look interesting through a pinhole. Jarkko continues to be amused that I turned my camera into a cardboard box with film in it, too. :) I wanted to try it since I hadn't ever taken a pinhole photograph before and thought it might be fun. The exposure guide that comes with the bodycap is pretty disappointing so I had to do the math and calculate the range of exposure times. Amazingly, all of the photos were recognizable and reasonably well exposed, except I hadn't counted on so much flare from the sun and it was a gloriously bright, sunny day. We had a picnic of sorts while waiting for the sun to set on the Kide crystals as I figured that it would make an interesting photo as well as it being a very lovely place enjoy the colours of the evening sun. Those Kide crystals really do need a check-up from the lightbulb replacement guy as half of them are barely illuminated these days.