digi-pinhole shots for WWPHD

pinhole camera made from a real pumpkin!

pinhole camera made from a real pumpkin!, originally uploaded by Haiku Garry.

Happy World Wide Pinhole Photography Day!!

Thank you Kirsten and Rob for turning me onto this whacky-fun art! I'll put a post up later showing you what I am using to participate in today's activities.

-=Slideshow Assignment=-

Clinical depression (also called major depressive disorder, or sometimes unipolar when compared with bipolar disorder or sometimes called manic depression]) is a state of intense sadness, melancholia or despair that has advanced to the point of being disruptive to an individual's social functioning and/or activities of daily living. Although a low mood or state of dejection that does not affect functioning is often colloquially referred to as depression, clinical depression is a clinical diagnosis and may be different from the everyday meaning of "being depressed." Many people identify the feeling of being depressed as "feeling sad for no reason", or "having no motivation to do anything." One suffering from depression may feel tired, sad, irritable, lazy, unmotivated, and apathetic. Clinical depression is generally acknowledged to be more serious than normal depressed feelings. It often leads to constant negative thinking and sometimes substance abuse.

Bipolar disorder, often referred to as manic-depression in the general literature, is a psychiatric condition defined by periods of extreme mood. These moods can occur on a spectrum ranging from debilitating depression to unbridled mania. Individuals suffering a bipolar disorder generally experience fluid states of mania, hypomania or what is referred to as a mixed states in concert with clinical depression. These clinical states typically alternate with a normal range of mood, which is termed euthymia. Bipolar disorder can range in severity from a mild annoyance to a serious lifelong disability.

There are many variations of this disorder. A person with bipolar disorder generally tends to experience more extreme states of mood than other people, even within the context of what might be considered "normal". Moods can change quickly (many times a day) or last for months. In psychiatric terms, this is called fast cycling or slow cycling, respectively. Bipolar individuals tend to have very 'black and white' thinking, where everything in life is either a positive aspect or a negative. Mood patterns of this nature are associated with distress and disruption, and a relatively high risk of suicide. Bipolar disorder is also associated with a variety of cognitive deficits, in particular, difficulty in organizing and planning. The disorder may also skew the ability to judge others' emotion, and alter sense of awareness.[1]

More -=Found Pinhole=-

This guy doesn't supply details about his technical data, other than what is shown here. Great, moody images though!

clipped from www.flickr.com More abstract shit! Pin Hole Capture at dusk on a full moon night. Very long exposures. These ultra low-fi captures are cathartic works for me. They were all taken at dusk/night with a full moon in a fairly rural, very quiet, dark place. I slept there for the night, just me and my sleeping bag, the great grandmother moon, a bottle of port and the sounds and movements of nature all around me. The light was sublime and the trees and the reflection in the water created a calm, eerie and magical vibe. Also, that night I made friends with a heron! These shots encapsulate that night. Rough, raw, ambient, honest and for me, magical. Modern technology? BAH!!

Coastal Pinscapes -=found=-

I found this fella's pinhole photos while searching for some images to include in my slide show. His name is Zeb Andrews and he lives in Oregon. He has other sets of a variety of subjects he has shot with pinhole cameras.

He uses a Zero Image 6x9 Pinhole Camera for these shots.

Daryl Ebneezra Kadabra: Cemetery Man

Daryl Ebneezra Kadabra: Cemetery Man

Bill - panography fun

Bill, originally uploaded by paintMonkey.

love this very much and want to try to do something like it. only problem is there are no people that look like this, nor buildings, where i live. that won't stop me though!