Pinhole Photography

Bethany Deforest

This image was taken from ground level, which makes flowers and insect in it look quite large. it means the viewer is looking up to the subject and makes it seem quite imtimidating. however this is contrasted by the use of bright colours in the image which make it look dream  like and inviting. because of the angle this is took from and the use of pinhole photography and it's effect, the photography was able to take ordinary object such as watermelon and lentils to create this dream like location.

I like this image because the photographer has used things like sweets, buttons, and even children's toys to create this very interesting and vibrant image. the use of pinhole photography means the the image only really focuses on the part where the camera is directly pointing (in this case the subject is a children's toy), so the rest is blurred out. it's quite similar to how a camera can focus the background out, but it gives a different effect and makes it look quite fantasy like.

I like this image because the use of pinhole photography and the angle it's taken from gives the viewer a really different an interesting perspective of the frog. the photographer again uses unusual items to create the landscape for this image, this time using red cabbage to create a sort of lilly pad for the frog, and therefore using the contrast of the purple and green to draw attention. Things such as the background have clearly been edited in but i think this is effective as it gives the image more depth.

Chris Keeney

This image shows the silhouette of a woman leaning against a surf board on a beach. The pinhole camera lets less light in, and therefore creates the silhouette. I think this is particuarly effective because the white clouds behind the woman create a good background an contrast, and make her stand out more. They also create a backlight and almost glow around her, this gives an ethereal effect that she is a very important figure in this image.



This image is of the front of a car and was taken from near ground level rather than from the photographer's eye level. I think this is more effective because it gives us a different view of a car that we wouldn't normally see. It makes us feel as if we are below the car and makes it appear larger to us. I also like how the use of pinhole photography has made it so all the focus is mainly on the number plate, which blurs out the headlights and sides of the image and gives it the effect of moving almost.






I think pinhole photography works well with this image because it gives an almost 'fisheye' effect and distorts the image. This makes the subject of the building look even bigger to the viewer than it is and creates and illusion as we can see the street below looks like it's on a very steep slant, when in fact, it probably wasn't at all.

 

Peter Wiklund

I think this image is a lot more effective because it was took at ground level, it makes the trees in the foreground look a lot bigger than they probably are and therefore quite threatening. the use of the pinhole lens means that the tree's in the background appear quite blurred and almost transparent. I think gives quite a spooky effect which this image is clearly trying to portray. I think the image of the person's silhouette is probably from another photograph too using pinhole and has been added in during editing. This helps to make the photo even more spooky as we cant see the face of this person  at all, and he seems to be as tall as the trees and even rather transparent and ghostlike.

This image has a blurred effect because of the use of pinhole photography. I think this is effective because that alongside the use of the brigh flowers in contrast to the rest of the image makes it feel quite dream and fantasy like. It hasn't been took from a conventional angle as we can see the underside of the flowers and the stems rather than the top or side of them.

This image shows the back of someone's torso. it is unusual because alothough their body appears to be quite large, their head looks quite small and not in preportion with the rest of them. They look to be leant over with their head down, which makes us assume that they are sad, or worried, and sets a dark tone for this image. this is backed up by the us of light in this image and that the person is just a silhouette and therefore quite a dark figure. they are also framed by the dark edges and even the blinds at the top cover the head and shoulders, making those parts more in the dark. The light that is actually shown in the image is quite orangey and has an effect of making the image look quite worn and old. This again creates the idea that this is not a happy photograph.