Sunday, April 28, 2013

Happy WPPD!

photo of garden fence made with homemade pinhole camera for Worldwide Pinhole Photography Day
Above: our garden fence, taken on WPPD, 2013 with a Yorkshire tea tin pinhole camera.

Today is Worldwide Pinhole Photography Day. I love the idea that people all over the world are out taking pinhole photos today, posting them in a community of like-minded people. There are no language barriers in photography. Having expensive equipment doesn't make you a better photographer in a world where discarded cookie tins and matchboxes are commonly used to make cameras.

photo of garden soil made with homemade pinhole camera for Worldwide Pinhole Photography Day
Above: a device I made for sifting rocks out of garden soil, close-up with Twinings tea tin pinhole camera.

The internet brings us the world, for better or worse. In this case, it's for the better. No discussions about politics, no arguments about global warming, no movie star gossip. Today it's all about admiring each other's ingenuity and quirkiness.

Saturday, April 20, 2013

Again with the Open Studios!


May 4 and 5, 2013 Studio 19 will be open from 11 to 5 for Silicon Valley Open Studios. If we are being honest, the large-sounding Studio 19 is really my work and my husband Jim's Zymoglyphic Museum. The strange and mysterious museum was the subject of my Zymo 127 photos. We both allow photography. There is more information on my web site.