Exposed For The Shadows

Here’s another photo of Mindy taken in my studio using a pinhole on my Nikon D100. This is one of those fancy, laser-drilled pinholes, not my homemade one. I have several versions of this set up. One is the “factory-made” job mounted on a body cap. I’ve also made my own version, mounting one of the laser pinholes on a T-mount adapter. That lets me put the pinhole at the back of the mount and get a wider angle view. You can’t see through the “lens” with these pinholes, but with a digital camera you get an instant view of what you’ve shot so you can adjust exposure and composition. I usually jack up the ISO and just hand hold the camera. I’ve never liked tripods. They seem to violate the nature of a hand camera…35mm or digital. I have a half dozen different tripods and often even carry one with me when I’m backpacking, but seldom use them, unless a specific photo absolutely requires it. With my new 18-200 VR the tripod comes out even less often.

Still in Florida. It got up to 77F today. Nice change from the foot of snow we left behind in Ohio.