A Visual Diary

My name is Ashley McGarry. I'm a junior Visual Communications major, minoring in graphic design at the University of South Carolina. This blog serves as a visual diary for the Advanced Photo-visual Communications class I will be taking this semester as a way to catalog my inspiration and record my progress.

© Ashley McGarry
All images are my own work, unless otherwise stated.

Archive

RSS

Theme
  1. Adventures in Pinhole Photography pt. 1-4 Adventures in Pinhole Photography pt. 1-4
    High Resolution

    Adventures in Pinhole Photography pt. 1-4

  2. Adventures in Pinhole Photography pt. 1-4 Adventures in Pinhole Photography pt. 1-4
    High Resolution

    Adventures in Pinhole Photography pt. 1-4

  3. Adventures in Pinhole Photography pt. 1-4 Adventures in Pinhole Photography pt. 1-4
    High Resolution

    Adventures in Pinhole Photography pt. 1-4

  4. Adventures in Pinhole Photography pt. 1-4 Adventures in Pinhole Photography pt. 1-4
    High Resolution

    Adventures in Pinhole Photography pt. 1-4


  5. High Resolution
  6. Coffee shop mornings at Drip in Five Points. Coffee shop mornings at Drip in Five Points.
    High Resolution

    Coffee shop mornings at Drip in Five Points.

  7. Adventures in Pinhole Photography (D.I.Y.)

    Our next assignment in my Journalism 537 class is a topic of choice. We can do pretty much anything we want as long as it’s something we plan to integrate into our portfolio. I decided I wanted to try out pinhole photography, especially when I read that you can buy or build a body cap that converts a DSLR into a pinhole camera. After looking around, I found a few tutorials and different places to buy pinhole body caps. They usually cost about $50, but I could easily build one for less than $5. On a college budget, the choice seemed obvious. I used this tutorial and am pretty pleased with the results. Over the next week and a half I’ll be working out any kinks. The plan is to wind up taking a series of pinhole photos and using some type of stitching software to make panoramic 180 degree views illustrating campus.

    Gotta love a good DIY (do-it-yourself) project.