In this first reading on the pinhole camera, I found a variety of useful information in regards to the construction of my own pinhole camera (cigar box). I found the equation that christopher james talked about in calculating the F-Value to be a very intriguing thing (Focal Length / Aperture Diameter). Christopher describes the pinhole as being a camera that “creates an image varying in size & viewpoint according to the distance between the aperture & the surface the image falls upon”. However the most important part of this read for me, was the historical background behind the first photograph, because I was actually able to see one of these first images at the Getty Museum in California this summer and ever since I saw it in person I’ve felt very interconnected with photography as an overall process.