Pinhole Photography
Pinhole photography is a camera without a lens with one small opening in one side of a light proof box. Light passes through the small opening projecting an inverted image on the opposite side of the box, the smaller the hole the better the image. The typical exposer time for pinhole hole camera vary between 5 seconds to 7 hours. Pinhole cameras are mostly used to capture the movement of the sun over a long amount of time. The simplest form of a pinhole camera is a light tight box with a pinhole in one end then a piece of film or photographic paper taped to the other end. The best pinholes are perfectly rounded and in a an extremely thin piece of material.
History Of Pinhole Photography
In 1827 Joseph Nicephore Nipce made the first ever photographic image with the aid of the camera obscura. In the fifth century BC Chinese writers discovered that light travels in straight lines, the philosopher Mo Ti was the first to record an inverted image using the pinhole process.Mo Ti was aware that objects reflect light in all directions and that rays from the top of an object, when passing through a hole, will produce the lower part of the image.
How A Pinhole Camera Is Made
You will need;
-Light Tight Box e.g. Gravy Tins,Hot Chocolate and Biscuit Tins.
-Scissors
-Duck Tape
-Black Paint
-Pencil
-Tin Foil
-Pin
-Light Tight Box e.g. Gravy Tins,Hot Chocolate and Biscuit Tins.
-Scissors
-Duck Tape
-Black Paint
-Pencil
-Tin Foil
-Pin
How to make a pinhole camera.
1) First of all you will need a simple can or tin for example a gravy or hot chocolate pot.
2) Cut three sides of a rectangle out, but make sure you only cut three of the lines so the rectangle becomes a flap.
3) Get a piece of tin foil and cut it just so that it is a little bit bigger then the rectangle you have cut out.
4) Then put the tin foil into the pot and place it over the rectangle, and make sure that there are no gaps for light to get in.
5) Then stick down the tin foil with black tape, again make sure that it is tight so that no light can get in.
6) After that put some black tape over the rectangle on the outside of the pot. Make a little tab so that it is easy to open and close when you want to create an image.
7) Then open the tab and the rectangle should be stuck to the tab so when you open it you can see the tin foil.
8) Then pierce a tiny hole with just the tip of a pin.
9) Then paint all of the inside Black including the inside of the lid and over the tin foil.
1) First of all you will need a simple can or tin for example a gravy or hot chocolate pot.
2) Cut three sides of a rectangle out, but make sure you only cut three of the lines so the rectangle becomes a flap.
3) Get a piece of tin foil and cut it just so that it is a little bit bigger then the rectangle you have cut out.
4) Then put the tin foil into the pot and place it over the rectangle, and make sure that there are no gaps for light to get in.
5) Then stick down the tin foil with black tape, again make sure that it is tight so that no light can get in.
6) After that put some black tape over the rectangle on the outside of the pot. Make a little tab so that it is easy to open and close when you want to create an image.
7) Then open the tab and the rectangle should be stuck to the tab so when you open it you can see the tin foil.
8) Then pierce a tiny hole with just the tip of a pin.
9) Then paint all of the inside Black including the inside of the lid and over the tin foil.
Nancy A Breslin
Nancy Breslin is a pinhole photographer that specializes in black and white images of amusement parks and in photographs taken with pinhole and plastic cameras. Here are some examples of her work she was part of a project in 2002 the project lasted over a year and she then took up to 1500 photographs calling them 'Squaremeals' a pinhole diary of eating out.
Pinhole Photography
I like this image because it is quite a clear image and its focused on the tree you can tell the person who took it really thought about what they was doing. The composition is really good its centred but around the edges like near the leaves it becomes a bit blurred. Its also dark around the very edges but theres where the pinhole isn't exposed to light. Also its a nice angle the way its taken from near the bottom of the tree and you can see up it and see the branches and leaves. Its also very tonal like the greys,black and white, the background is quite white the tree trunk is grey then the leaves and edges are black.