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. 

The Spring Awakening...

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Blind Photography

February 2012
Blind Photography

I followed the voice of this friend as she lead me here and there and I felt totally disorientated. Everything felt opposite. I heard some geese and instead of thinking, I am by the river, I imagined myself to be on the other side of the Greene by a hedge and play park...

I mentioned last week about a Blind photography assignment that I have been working on at University. On Saturday I went down by the river with a friend of mine and used my scarf as a blind fold and had a go at this wacky mad task. Trust me, it didn't help that I was drawing enough attention to myself without vision but I was also wearing bright red trousers. Thought through? Not really.

So to recap; Why am I doing this?

Well if you missed the previous post on this subject, then I shall explain now that as Photographers, we rely very much on what we see. It is what helps us decide what we want to capture with our cameras and importantly; How much light is falling on the subject matter?

After a class discussion on Monday, our lecturer was asking us if there were any patterns that came out from the pictures. I for one got lots of sky and very angled horizons, while others captured subjects that they wouldn't have had the confidence too if they could see. One example was of a fairly close up cyclist where she used flash at night and it worked really well.




Part 2 of this project is a chosen blind photo that shall be replicated in style such as if I chose the wonky horizontal line picture then I would have to take photos with wonky horizons, purposefully with my eyes open. Shall be interesting.


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