pinhole photography workshop

Pinhole Photography Pinhole Photography WorkshopWorkshop

Paul Griffin – SAS Photo Teacher

ARARTE Conference 2010

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ARARTE Conference 2010

Introduction – a little historic perspective

Construct Cameras

Make Exposures

Develop Negatives

Print Positives

The Pinhole is the third imaging system invented by man

1.) The window: Invented about a half a million years ago.

2.) The plane mirror: Invented just after the Bronze Age, 6,000 years ago.

3.) Pinhole

First: A Little History

5th Century BCChina, A philosopher named Mo Ti records the principle idea of the camera: Reflected light rays of an illuminated object passing through a small hole in a dark enclosure result in an inverted but exact image of the object

1038 AD

Arab scholar Alhazen describes a working model for what will later be known in Europe as the “camera obscura”

Thanks for inviting me over to watch your camel show!

1553

Scientist Giovanni Battista della Porta describes how a camera obscura can be used “to trace a precise copy of nature”.

Almost done, Soon I’ll be meeting mama mia for a pizza!

1553 – 1600’s

The Camera Obscura becomes an artist’s tool and its design continues to be refined.

Finally, I’m almost as good as that Rembrandt dude!

Sir David Brewster 1800’s

Scottish scientist credited with making the first pinhole photographs using paper negatives.

He was also the inventor of the kaleidoscope

1900 – 2010Photographers and Artists around the globe experiment with the ultimate in low tech camera design.

This Year’s World Pinhole Day:

Sunday April 24, 2011

www.worldpinhole.org

Alexis Bell - My View

World Pinhole Photo Day ImagesApril 25, 2010

Shelby Patenella – Patio

Danielle Courtenay – Ornament

Rene Hyde – Worms Eye View

Mr G’s Eight Banner Pinhole Day Images 2010

Mr G’s Eight Banners Pinhole Works – 2008

Mr.G’s Leonardo Pinhole Works -2007