Pumpkin Carving

Alphabet Quote

Pinhole Photos

Pinhole Before

Pinhole After

These are pinhole photographs. To make these images I used the Camera Obscura Method. I took a piece of photo paper and put it into a tin can. The can was painted black to be light proof. A hole was already drilled into the can. I put the photo paper in the can, so that it was facing the hole. The can and the hole were sealed off with black tape. I took the can out into the room and set it on a table, I sat down in front of it. I pulled off the tape from the hole and sat there for 2 minutes 36 seconds. When the time was up, I closed it off with the tape again.  To make the negative a positive, I took it through the inverting process in Photoshop on the computer.

Alfred Stieglitz

Alfred Stieglitz was an American art photographer born in the year 1864. He also supported and promoted modern art and had a few photo galleries. He is admirable because he influenced many through his work. Stieglitz was known for taking some of the first successful photographs of rain and snow scenes.

'Two Towers - New York' 1913

I really like this photograph that Stieglitz took. Something about the scenery and the way the towers in the background are fading in the sky. The people in the photo make me think of what life would be like in that time, and the snow just adds that wintertime feeling.

Alfred Stieglitz married Georgia O'Keeffe, a famous painter. She was known for paintings of close-up flowers and animal bones, specifically skulls. 

Sunflower, the name of this painting by Georgia O'Keeffe is one that I like. The colors make me think of a sunny day, and how she must have felt when painting it. I also like that it is straight on, and not at an angle, so that I can see the whole flower.

Macro Photography

Tilt Shift Photos

The Brownie Camera

What is it?

The Brownie Camera is a well known series of cameras made by Eastman Kodak in the 1900's. These cameras are pretty inexpensive, but they serve the purpose. The cameras are made to take "snapshots". It was intended so that everyone could afford to buy it. The Brownie Camera got it's name from some popular cartoons.

How did it change Society and the Photography World?

The camera changed society by allowing everyone to have access to it, so that anyone could take pictures of anything they wanted. People were allowed to have memories that they could now hold in their hands, in the form of simple photographs. It helped develop more types of cameras and ways to take pictures in the photography world.