Being the eternal procrastinator that I am, this morning started out by waking up early enough to create a pin hole camera for my class this afternoon! I decided to use a koi watercolor box. I went into the garage and rummaged for some black paint, returning triumphantly with a can of black spray paint, leftover from the glory days of model rocketry. The task at hand seemed to be a simple one, paint the inside of the watercolor box black, for lighting purposes, and later install the pin hole "lens". Whilst painting the spray paint ceased fire, it was all gone. Alright no biggie. I just filled in the small portion I had left with black marker. It looked good to me, I have to admit I thought I was pretty clever with my long low box, what a cool image this would produce. 

I studied sign language for about ten or fifteen minutes. Such a dedicated pupil! Put on my 70's bell bottoms, and wedge sandals, which make me over six feet, maybe not the best shoes when one would like to meet guys.

Unfortunately, I timed myself wrong and walked into class about 25 minutes late. For those few self extremely self conscious moments when I was walking to a vacant seat I spotted on the lower right half of the room, I very much wished that I had decided to wear some shoes that didn't make me appear like Lurch's granddaughter!  

Calistoga Hot Spot
Taken with Ansco Shur Flash on 120 film

As for my pin hole camera that I thought was the shizz, I was informed that it was in fact to low for a large long image to be exposed to the light. So naturally, I tried, and failed to succeed in modifying it with some cuts and black tape. It was so close to working actually, if it wasn't for those pesky light leaks! Who discovered light anyway?

The teacher suggested that I start a new one in class, long story short, I ended up walking around campus with the most white elephant camera ever. It is a very large box, and I had a few people even laugh at me. Maybe laughter is the road to friendship? 

My advice: make sure you know what you are doing before you turn in an assignment.