My First Pinhole Camera...

Pinhole Camera
- Drinks can + black tape

Had a very exciting day working with Pinhole cameras. I have never used one before, as I didn't do Photography during college. There are many ways to make a pinhole camera. One way is using a box but I got introduced to using a beer can; removing the lid, creating a paper lid using black card and tape, then piercing a pin through the middle one of the sides of the can before inserting light sensitive paper inside. 

It may sound a bit odd, but the using 5X7 paper gave the pictures a distorted artistic effect. 

NOTE: The lid has to be light tight. Wrap as much black tape around as possible and make sure you can activate the shutter using a few layer of tape you can lift up and down. Also make sure that you leave a gap where the hole is, or you get examples of a photo of the hole. 

Attempt 1 
(paper covering pinhole)
wrong

Attempt 2 
(paper covering pinhole with
chemical effect)
wrong

Attempt 3
(Appropriate Negative)
correct

Negative to Positive
correct

I didn't use any film for this exercise as the light shined onto the paper that instantly created a negative. To transform it into a positive image, the negative print had to be developed and dried before getting another sheet of paper and placing it emulsion side up to the emulsion side of the negative (the side with the neg - usually glossy) and then exposing it on the enlarger for the appropriate time.