Zoneplate

Well after a little searching around I found a place to purchase a zoneplate rather than struggling to make one.

Basically, a zoneplate is a way of turning a normal camera into a pinhole camera.

With this you can make images like this or like these.

The plan is to use it on the digital and see what I can come up. I need some nice locations to take pictures in and I’m guessing it has to be with a tripod as you are more or less working with a fixed aperture. So, when it’s arrived from the States we’ll take it out and try it.

Lazing...

So, today has been a day of lazing. I finished off a film and took it back. I have rebuilt the PC for Martin and Fhai after they made a decision that 2005 was the Year of the Net rather than the Year of the Rooster in their house. So, new operating system and all the anti-virus, popup stoppers and firewalls you could hope for have been loaded onto it. I wandered off to PC World and got thinking about a Belkin Wireless Pre-N router as a means of sharing my Net wealth and finished off the list of goals I have for at least part of the year. It's a wierd cross between the mind maps of Tony Buzan and the personal organisation ideas of David Allen but I'm kinda happy with the way it's turned out. At least having things set down means I can see what I am achieving or what I'm not.

There's not so much laughter around and not as many smiles now but at least tomorrow I'm back at work ....