Analyse

I researched some pinhole camera photographers in order to compare their results to my own and found some very interesting and artistic images.

These are all very well done and deserve further praise because of the fact they are pinhole images. When I compare these results to my own images these photos are in a different league. These images are of a much higher standard due to the way in which they were done. The photographers who took these have very interesting uses of depth of field aswell as view points and surroundings. The top image is done extremely well with the pillars seeming large and somewhat dominant over the camera due to the position in which the pinhole was placed. The top image looks out of shape and somewhat distorted because of the angle the lens was facing and the outcome was a very interesting and unique image.

The middle image clearly had a perfect exposure time as it features natural looking light rather than glaring, over exposed light. The use of the figure in the centre helps make it a very good image aswell as somewhat abstract, the tree hanging over the top of the image gives it a very distinguished look and adds a more natural feel to the somewhat eerie looking building behind it. The pinhole camera was placed on the floor with a straight on view towards the figure, again giving the figure a dominant, independant look.

The bottom image has a beautiful exposure to light, with the shadows on the right creeping into the image, providing an entirely opposite look to the left side of the image where the crops have no shadows. The placement of the camera was done very well with the long and winding path straight in front of the lens, with the corner at the end of the road unseen. It was probably a sunny day with blue skies as the sun is made evident by the distinctive shadow, yet there are quite a few clouds in the sky. It is a very third dimensional looking image because of all of the things featured, e.g. the shadows, the path and the huge tree towards the back in the distance.

These images compared to my own which I've shown further down the page are better on a larger scale as they are done by photographers who had the time to create a very suitable pinhole camera as well as the time to conduct trial and error alongside finding a suitable area to place the camera. The photographers responsible for these knew exactly which exposure times to use in that area on that day, which all contributed to creating beautiful pinhole images.