Analogue Project- Pinhole Photography

So what is a pinhole?

A pinhole camera is a simple camera without a lens but with a tiny aperture, a pinhole which is effectively a light proof box with a small hole in one side. Light from a scene passes through the aperture and projects an inverted image on the opposite side of the box.

How do you create a pinhole photograph?

The brighter the scene the shorter you have to expose the light sensitive paper but every pinhole you take is a complete one off because sure someone could photograph the same thing that you photographed at the exact same place but the photograph will be different to yours because the weather, exposure and also because every pinhole in your pinhole camera is different, some bigger and some smaller.

So to create a pinhole photograph you firstly must head into a darkroom to place your light sensitive paper into the back of your pinhole camera, making sure it is securely in place and that no light can get in- now you can head to wherever you want to take a pinhole photograph of.

When you're in position, you must look up and around you to observe lighting conditions which can be affected by many things but mostly the weather, if it is sunny I would suggest around a 3 and a half minute exposure whilst if it is cloudy/overcast then maybe a 4 and a half to 5 minute exposure but your exposure depends on you, your pinhole and the light conditions- so be wary.

Now that you have exposed your light sensitive paper to the object/thing you were photographing its time to head back into the dark room to take out your masterpiece, now place it through the machine or hand develop your photograph.

After that step you can now finally step out of the darkroom and see your masterpiece in its true form but beware it is back to front and upside down but if you scan it into your Mac or computer you can soon change that and maybe also add some colour to it.