Like hell I can't hack photography! Photography is one of my favorite things to hack! I will admit that I am not great at composing pictures but I find that goo

Like hell I can't hack photography! Photography is one of my favorite things to hack! I will admit that I am not great at composing pictures but I find that good, hard work in the darkroom is essential to make even a well composed photo "pop". I have hacked a pinhole camera out of a big flour container and some photo paper. This photo was exposed for probably 10 minutes - note that the focus is the same inches from the aperture as it is 30 feet away. [1] Getting even more technical, I did some high speed photography where the shutter is left open in a dark room and a high speed flash (just several to tens of microseconds in duration) is triggered to freeze the action. I used an AVR with a microphone to wait a programed delay after hearing the report of a pellet rifle before triggering the flash using a relay. [2] You can get some cool results with this fairly simple setup while having a lot of fun. [3] [4] So I repeat: am I not doing "real" photography if I take more interest in its technical aspects? [1]: http://www.flickr.com/photos/jevinskie/116161786/sizes/z/in/photostream/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/jevinskie/116161786/sizes/z/in/... [2]: http://www.flickr.com/photos/jevinskie/112758047/in/photostream/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/jevinskie/112758047/in/photostr... [3]: http://www.flickr.com/photos/jevinskie/115619170/sizes/z/in/photostream/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/jevinskie/115619170/sizes/z/in/... [4]: http://www.flickr.com/photos/jevinskie/112750343/in/photostream/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/jevinskie/112750343/in/photostr...