Journal 2 - Pinhole Camera's !

 These pictures were created using a pinhole camera. The first picture is supposed to be of the hall way in the school, facing a set of doors, but you can see that it didn't come out the way we intended for it to. The second picture is of the cemetery beside the school, which turned out a lot better.

The first photo of the hall way, which didn't turn out, was very under-exposed. You can tell that it is under-exposed because the majority of the picture is just plain black, except for the areas of direct light. The only areas that were lit up, were the doors (where direct sunlight was coming in) and the fluorescent lights in our hallways (which were obviously on). We kept the lens open for 30 seconds which, apparently, wasn't long enough. Due to the bright interior light, we should have kept the lens open for 8 minutes, or slightly under that time because it was pointed at direct sunlight. On the chart, it was called "Bright Interior Light" because it was in an area with bright interior light. In the photo, in order for the photo to come out the way it was supposed to, we should have let the lens stay open for a longer time, and then the photo probably would of turned out a lot better. If we did have the chance to retake this photo, I think that about 7 minutes and 30 seconds would a lot closed to the appropriate time needed to develop this photo. As I mentioned earlier, we shouldn't keep the lens open for the full 8 minutes, due to the fact that the camera was pointed at direct light sources.

The second photo that we took turned out a lot better. I would say that it was close to being perfect, but if anything, it was a little bit over-exposed. The photo is of the graveyard, which I think is an interesting subject to take a picture of in the first place. Since this photo came out very well, it makes the photo even cooler. We kept this lens open for 30 seconds, which was a good time. I think that if we were to retake this photo, we would shave off about 2-5 seconds, just to see if it would become less bright. You can tell that this is a little bit over-exposed because the light in the left hand corner is starting to cut off the profile of the trees. On the chart, it was called the "Direct Sunlight - Hazy" section. The weather on this day must have been pretty close to being perfect for this photo. Almost everything seemed went right with this try. The lighting was perfect for the time we kept the lens open for, and the sunlight was coming from a direction that hit the grave stones and trees so it gave a very cool effect. To improve this photo if we were to retake it, we would, as I said earlier, shave off a couple of seconds to make the photo sharper. Over all, I think that our try at this photo was very successful!