I Made a Pinhole Camera DSLR

I decided to make a pinhole camera. My first instinct was to build one from scratch, but since developing isn’t realistic for me right now, I used my old DSLR with the body cap for the pinhole. It’s fast and easy and you get to see the results right away. It only took a few […]

June 24, 2022By sandradalton black and white, experiments, photography, Photography Tips, pinhole photography, Uncategorized black and white, experiments, photo stories, pinhole photographyLeave a Comment

Photo Stories: Endless Summer, No Parking, and the Challenge of Themes

Themes. I tend to bristle at them. I always feel like there is an unspoken challenge, that someone is going to feel entitled to interpret my work and decide their opinion is fact without consulting me on the meaning. I know that’s coming from a long history with this issue as a writer and from […]

May 9, 2019By sandradalton black and white, Photo Stories, skeletons black and white, photo stories, summerLeave a Comment

Great Lighting Doesn’t Always Work Out

In my last post I said I was going to try to get close-ups of Iris with better lighting. I had a plan, and it was a good one except for one thing I should have seen coming. Like me, Iris is very sensitive to light. One of the challenges I failed to mention last […]

April 19, 2019By sandradalton cat photo, color photo, Feral Cats, Iris, Photo Stories, photography, tuxedo cats, Uncategorized Iris, light, photo stories, tuxedo catsLeave a Comment

Photo Stories: Stash Stalking the Amazing Mr. Tom

This photo was taken during one of my favorite sessions. I was able to get some amazing shots of three generations of formerly feral cats – Mr. Tom, his daughter Stash, and her daughter Iris. All were successfully TNR’d long before this shoot, but when I took these photos, the only one of the three […]