I thought it would be entertaining to capture this 60-year old camera, a David White Stereo Realist circa mid 1950s, with the combined technologies of my Nikon D700 digital camera (modern) and a homemade pinhole attachment (camera obscura, quite ancient). I love all of the flares created with the long exposure. 36/365 Copyright 2015 Scott Norris Photography www.scottnorrisphotography.com
Recently, I decided to try my hand at some digital pinhole photographs. I created a pinhole “lens” for my Nikon D700 using an old body cap, a small piece of tin, a pin (duh!), and some electrical tape. With this particular shot I realized a couple of things – well, it’s really one thing. With such a small opening you need quite a bit of light to capture your scene or you need a really long exposure. Really long. To get this particular shot from a dark, scary back room of our basement (see another shot here http://www.scottnorrisphotography.com/city_and_architecture/h55b47377#h55b47377), I needed a 32 minute exposure at 400 ISO and that was a bit underexposed. Either way, I like what I captured – all without a true lens. So I’m not sure where this experimental photography kick is going to take me, but it’d going to be a fun journey! Day 33 of 365. Copyright 2015 Scott Norris Photography www.scottnorrisphotography.com
"It belongs to the imperfection of everything human that man can only attain his desire by passing through its opposite" --Soren Kierkegaard When I shot the word "Open" I had no idea where the image was going to take me. But there was something about it that made me slow down, turn around, stop, and take several shots. So an idea was there - even if it was in the subconscious. While processing, I remembered the "Closed" sign I had shot sometime last year and thought the juxaposition of the two images would work really well. I like the yin/yang, day and night, warm & bright versus dark & cool, word play in this piece. 27/365 Copyright 2015 Scott Norris Photography www.scottnorrisphotography.com
