Pinhole Photography

For our Cyber Arts trip we went to Gallery 44 to learn about Pinhole Photography. There we learned how to make Pinhole Cameras using a container, a pin, a tart tray, some electrical tape and tin foil.

What is pinhole photography? Well pinhole photography is where you use pinholes to take pictures/photos. The pinhole would be your aperture and the electrical tape on the pinhole would be your shutter.

To create the camera we first got a container (coffee containers work) and spray painted the inside black. We then cut a circle on the side. We took a tart tray and cut out the bottom so it was a circle. We taped the tart tray circle on top of the circle on the side of the container. We took a pin and drilled a small hole into the tart tray circle. We took a piece of electrical tape and used it to cover the pinhole. After that we went into the dark room and placed a light sensitive piece of paper and put it inside of the container, opposite of the pinhole. We took some tinfoil and placed it on top of the container and sealed the lid of the container on top so no light would get in. We went outside and took pictures. How you may ask? Well we placed the camera where we wanted it (Pinhole facing the object or place we wanted to take the picture of). We took off the tape so light would come into the container and onto the light sensitive paper. After letting it sit about 1 and a half minutes we put the electrical tape back onto the pinhole and went to the dark room to develop it.

I really enjoyed the trip. The most exciting thing on the trip would probably be getting to use the dark room as it was my first time. I learned how pinhole photography works and overall it was an awesome trip. Below are some of the pictures I took using pinhole photography.

"Bike"

"Down the Alley"

"Fall Building"

If you would like to see more pinhole photos visit ALEXIS RAGO's portfolio. She has many photos and some more information about what pinhole photography is. I really liked this site and I recommend you to check it out too.

Light and Shadow

My Photograph shows Light and Shadow. It shows light and shadows because you can see the darkness and lightness in the picture outlining me on the wall. The picture shows depth. This photo also shows texture on the wall. You can tell that the wall is rough.

Texture

My photo shows texture. It shows texture because you can tell that it is prickly just by looking at the image. You can clearly see the pricks on the tree.

Lines

My photo shows lines. You can see horizontal and vertical lines in the building in the background and you can see diagonal lines in the grass. This photo also shows rule of thirds.

Rule of Thirds

My photograph shows Rule of Thirds. the sky takes up more then half of the photo while the busier part in at the bottom. The bottom part has cars and buildings in it and they are not dead in center of the photo.

Center of Interest

My Photo shows center of attention. As soon as you look at the picture your eyes automatically go to the tree and then the rest of the photograph.

Photo District News Article

The Girl Project Lets Teens Reveal Their World

This article talks about something called "The Girls project" For this project Kate Engelbrecht (a New York-based photographer) sends a Kodak camera to any girls ages 13-17 in America that want to do this project. The girls then photograph things that are meaningful and special in their lives. The goal of this project is to get photos from 5,000 girls of different backgrounds and cultures in America and then sort the pictures out into a book and traveling exhibition.

This topic is worthy of having an article about it because many people, adults especially, have a certain image about young girls. This project is to show what girls are truly. The girls in the project are sending in photos of nature, text and much more.

I found this topic really inspiring. If these girls can take a camera and express who they are without words and without media. These girls are expressing themselves in an interesting way. I would love to do that. Its a way of opening up and finding yourself.

I think this exacally what I want in a photograph. I want meaning in my photos. I don't want to take a picture of a tree just because I think its pretty. I want to take pictures knowing there is more to that then just the object, I want to know that there's a feeling, mood or reason behind that photo.

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