pinhole photography alice russell

Pinhole PhotographyAlice Russell

What is a pinhole camera?

• Light sealed container with a small hole through which light exposes film

• Set aperture• No viewfinder• Self-operated shutter

Most important to consider:

• The amount of light available (inside versus outside, weather…)

• Film sensitivity• Aperture (pinhole)• Shutter speed (interval)

How It Works

• Light travel into container through pinhole, producing an inverted and reversed image on the opposite wall (film)

Each point of light coming in creates a point on the film

Negatives

• The film that has been exposed becomes the negative

• A positive is created through a contact print

Characteristics

• Infinite depth of field, which means that all parts of the photo are in focus

• Crisp photo quality• Wide angle• Black and white or color

Wayne Martin Belger

History

• The properties of light and photography are old ideas

• Chinese philosopher Mo-Ti 400 BCE

• Camera Obscura used by the Italians

• Johannes Vermeer

Types of Pinhole Cameras

• Various sizes, various films http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qI9fOWe1KDs&feature=related

• Premade cameras• Pinhole Polaroids

Digital Pinhole or Lego Pinhole

Double Exposures

• More than one aperture on camera• Expose film more than once

Airplane Hangar Used as Pinhole Camera

• Rob Johnson - http://www.legacyphotoproject.com/index2.php

• F869, 600 gallons of chemicals

Worldwide Pinhole Photography Day

• Since 2001: http://www.pinholeday.org/