No lens no problem

Do not adjust your TV set. Things are about to get blurry.

This week it was back to basics with some pin hole photography. You can make a pin hole camera yourself, buy one or adapt your own camera to take pin hole pictures.

With very little light entering the camera you'll need a lot of light to work with. It was a very sunny day when I took these but you can use a tripod for a longer exposure on a cloudy day.

Sunny day

all that glitters

There is no way to change the depth of field and you can't really see out of the viewfinder (if you have one at all). Framing the shot takes longer and there were a lot of duds.

Pinhole photography is challenging if you're used to shooting digital and knowing what you're going to get. But the surprises are part of the charm and I find the blur of the images really quite appealing. Doesn't the first photo remind you of an impressionist painting?

I particularly liked these abstract light effects I was able to achieve.

rainbow trails

Cat by the window

There are dedicated pin hole lenses that you can attach to get sharper results. For now I'm happy to experiment as is, maybe adding some black and white photos to the mix.

In case you were wondering, no I didn't break anything I just fancied trying something different. Rest assured I will still be bringing a selection of lenses to any shoot booked with me.