Adam Graham Photography

In honour of World Pinhole Day I took some lens-less photos today (after a quick trip back home in order to retrieve a forgotten memory card). I converted my 20D into a pinhole camera by replacing my lens with a modified body cap. I drilled a hole in the middle and then covered it with some black bristol board. Using a needle, I created my pinhole in the bristol board. I’m not a pinhole vet but my understanding is that my picture isn’t more clear because of an improper distance between the pinhole and the camera sensor. It’s still fun to play with. I think it’s really interesting because it really boils down the photographic process to it’s essentials: light and a way of recording it.

My parents got me a gorillapod for my birthday yesterday. I’m excited about it because it’s so much more versatile than a regular tripod. It’s also going to allow me to try out some low-light through the viewfinder shots. And I think my Duaflex looks darn cute on it.

I thought it would be interesting to see what a Hockney-type image would look like if done with TtV (especially since Hockney was mentioned on House the other night). I think it works surprisingly well with the TtV borders. I’d like to do some of these on a  larger scale to see if they work out.

Just a reminder, Sunday is World Pinhole Day. So, get out your Altoids tin or cigar box and make a lens-less camera. I’ll be shooting with my 20D with a body cap converted into a pinhole.

I found this a little troubling. I was looking for big chestnut trees to shoot today and found this as a part of the monument at Memorial Park. It’s an odd and slightly rundown monument in a park tucked behind our library that I don’t think many people know about. There are stumps in front of the walkway to the monument. The monument itself is a wall with some gravestones incorporated and a couple of larger stones with lists of people who died in the 1800s on them. I couldn’t find any explanation for the names. This stone with the troubling inscription was one of a couple leaning against the main monument.

On another note, I renewed my driver’s license today. I found something very satisfying about biking to the DMV (or Access Nova Scotia as it’s called in these parts).

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I took another trip to Bunkers Island this morning on my bike. It was much sunnier and not nearly as windy. I decided not to take my break on either of these.

This is the day that got me through the winter. Today it was sunny and warm and I could get out our hammock chair. I even fixed it so it doesn’t bump you into the tree. Give me a second helping of that Vitamin D please.

10,000th visit to my flickr photostream today! Tiny compared to a lot of people over there, but a nice number nonetheless.

I determined that I would not let the weather keep me inside today. The rain has mostly stopped but it is still quite windy. I thought about going for a walk but I really wanted to go to Bunker’s Island which is a bit too far by foot. So, I got out my bicycle for the first time this year. I pumped up the tires and off I went. I’ve had my bike since about grade 9. The brakes squeak, the pedals kind of grind, and to get from the low to middle gears you have to shift up to high and then back down to middle. All of these flaws aside the first time you get on your bike for the season is a really liberating experience. The area that I can easily get to for making pictures just increased exponentially.

It’s hard to see in this picture but the end of this piece of driftwood looks exactly like a dragon’s head. So much so that I’m actually thinking about going back to get it.

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On the Utata.org site they have a section for essays with the theme My Town. Even though I don’t live there now, Saint John is definitely still what I would consider ‘my town’. So I wrote and essay and they decided to publish it, with four of my photos accompanying. (here’s the link)