pinhole photography
A pinhole camera is a simple camera without a lens and with a single small aperture effectively a light proof box with a small hole in one side. Light from a scene passes through this single point and projects an inverted image on the opposite side of the box.
Pinhole camera was invented in 1000ad the first causal reference to the optic laws that made pinhole cameras possible, was observed and noted by Aristotle around 330bc.
Pinhole photography is a easier way of taking pictures if you didn't have a camera all you would have to do is:
1.Ensure that your container is clean dry and light-tight
2.The inside of the container needs to be sprayed/painted black, including the cap, this is to prevent any light fro entering
3.Using a scalpel cut a small I-inch square hole inside the container:
place a piece of foil on the underside of the square hole and secure with black duct tape.
4.puncture a pinhole in the centre of the foil-this hole will act as your aperture and how much light enters the container.
5.place a small piece of tape to cover the window to protect the pinhole, this will act as a shutter.
6.load the paper in the darkroom, and ensure that the shiny side of the paper is facing the shutter. The paper needs to be secured against the back of the container directly opposite the pinhole.
7.Ensure that the cap is firmly on and light tight before you leave to darkroom.
The following artists are ones who made pinhole photography:
-Bethany Deforest
-Peter Wiklund
-Craig Barber
-willie Anne Wright
-Dianne Bos
-Cher Macneill
-Mabel Oddessey
-Eric Renner
Bethany Deforest;
Bethany Deforest's website is www.pinhole.nl
She live and works in Amsterdam
She has been working as a artist and pinhole photographer for 20 years
composition
focus
texture
grain
contrast
panoramic
blurred
Steven Pippin;
Steven pippin has made impovised cameras in the most unlikly places. For this work he transformed a public Photo Booth into one of his pinhole cameras which he used to self portrait.
Pinhole camera was invented in 1000ad the first causal reference to the optic laws that made pinhole cameras possible, was observed and noted by Aristotle around 330bc.
Pinhole photography is a easier way of taking pictures if you didn't have a camera all you would have to do is:
1.Ensure that your container is clean dry and light-tight
2.The inside of the container needs to be sprayed/painted black, including the cap, this is to prevent any light fro entering
3.Using a scalpel cut a small I-inch square hole inside the container:
place a piece of foil on the underside of the square hole and secure with black duct tape.
4.puncture a pinhole in the centre of the foil-this hole will act as your aperture and how much light enters the container.
5.place a small piece of tape to cover the window to protect the pinhole, this will act as a shutter.
6.load the paper in the darkroom, and ensure that the shiny side of the paper is facing the shutter. The paper needs to be secured against the back of the container directly opposite the pinhole.
7.Ensure that the cap is firmly on and light tight before you leave to darkroom.
The following artists are ones who made pinhole photography:
-Bethany Deforest
-Peter Wiklund
-Craig Barber
-willie Anne Wright
-Dianne Bos
-Cher Macneill
-Mabel Oddessey
-Eric Renner
Bethany Deforest;
Bethany Deforest's website is www.pinhole.nl
She live and works in Amsterdam
She has been working as a artist and pinhole photographer for 20 years
composition
focus
texture
grain
contrast
panoramic
blurred
Steven Pippin;
Steven pippin has made impovised cameras in the most unlikly places. For this work he transformed a public Photo Booth into one of his pinhole cameras which he used to self portrait.