This semester I took Alternative Photography where we learned how to make: pin holes, cyanotypes, gum oils, and inkjet transfers. Our first project was the pin hole camera. I still don't quite get how it works but somehow it happens. Its basically a light tight box with a small hole in one side - and voila you have a camera. Here's a simple diagram explaining the theory.
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| This was my camera that I constructed from a deck of cards. Its the dimensions of a tissue box, though it is not actually one. Its held together with duct tape, electric tape and popsicle sticks. The top comes off so you can slide in some photo paper in the back to print your image. And its light sensitive paper so you do all this in the dark room. The little hole in the aluminum is my aperture and the Ace of Spades is my shutter which slides up and down through a slit in the top. |
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| detail image |
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| This was a 4 minute exposure. Then you take it to the dark room, take the paper out and develop it. It first comes out as a negative and backwards. |
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| Then with an enlarger and some fancy tricks you get a positive image. |
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So a simple box camera produced this photograph...Makes total sense right??
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