2025 Winter Solstice pinhole camera images

Happy Solstice! As is my practice, today I retrieved the pinhole cameras I mounted at the summer solstice, and hung up a new batch. It's an extremely low-tech operation, using a beer can with a single pinhole poked in it with a sheet of 5" x 7" black and white photo paper loaded inside. I add a lid and tape the whole assembly shut, then use zip ties to mount them in various places. I then forget about them for 6 months, until harvesting and replacing them at the next solstice. They fit in well with my main body of work that requires sunlight and patience.

I got some lovely, evocative images in this batch.

The streaks in the sky mark the passage of the sun across the sky over the six month period and clearly show the difference in altitude as the seasons progress. They vary in strength and intensity in correlation with the weather and cloudiness on any given day.

I also do a few facing north, and they show a remarkable level of detail, considering there's no camera lens involved.

These serve no purpose other than to make me insanely happy. It's a beautiful world we live in, despite all the turmoil and strife, and as the days now start lengthening I am taking a moment to experience joy.

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