Wednesday, January 4, 2012

General Announcements:

• If you ever notice something missing or wrong on the blog, comment to let me know about it - I don't always have the whole picture. -Grace

Humanities:

• Due Fri., 1/6: Read Howard Zinn article and annotate.

Math:

• Graph paper link on the sidebar →
  Grade 7
• Due Thurs., 1/5: In Stretching & Shrinking, do #1-5 all parts on p. 47-48.

Grade 8
• Nada

Science:

• Nada

8th Grade Project:

• Due Fri., 1/6: Complete preliminary research

Moment of Zen:

One Picture, One Year

A year ago, Michael Chrisman put together a simple pinhole camera, aimed it at the Toronto skyline, then left it there for a year. A year later, he collected the film, which had captured a year from the same perspective, and developed it.

Consider this: most film cameras have exposure times that are measured in hundredths of a second. This is to capture an image with as little movement as possible. Long exposure requires careful light and a perfectly still camera, but captures movement in unique ways. This is an extreme of that.

The good news? Most of the higher technology of photography is aimed at being able to control a wide range of exposure times (shutter speed), but if you only want one long exposure, you can make a camera out of any box you can poke a hole in, much like Michael Chrisman did. Click the picture above to read more about Chrisman's Toronto skyline image or click here to read Make magazine's guide to making pinhole cameras.