altona pier

aglaia b

altona pier

This shot was taken using a pinhole camera made out of a Milo tin.
A pinhole camera is a camera without a glass lens.
The tin is fully blacked out and a pin sized, extremely tiny hole is made.
The shutter of a pinhole camera usually consists of a hand operated flap of some light-proof material to cover and uncover the pinhole so as to not expose the film or paper inside the tin.
Pinhole cameras require much longer exposure times than conventional cameras because of the small aperture; typical exposure times can range from 5 seconds to hours or days.
The film used here is Agfachrome (transparency/positive) RSX II 50 ASA and is placed inside the Milo tin in complete darkness of course.
The location is Altona pier.
Warning: absolutely no Milo was discarded to make this pinhole camera.

oh yeah, please view it large.

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altona pier by aglaia b
altona pier by aglaia b
  • aglaia b

    aglaia b

    hey guys and gals, if you want to see some really wicked pinhole shots then
    check this out
    now they are amazing!

  • ~ Ademac

    ~ Ademac

    Very clever AB…..............well done.

  • aglaia b replied

    thanks barssel ;-)

  • Julia Thomas

    Julia Thomas

    I’m amazed at the detail!!

  • aglaia b replied

    thanks darlin! ;-) xo

  • flower68

    flower68

    that is some seriously cool photography styles.I’m so gonna try that
    I have cadbury drinking chocolate.Will it suffice?:-)

  • aglaia b replied

    LOL, anything will suffice so long as it is light proof or you make it light proof!
    thanks flower, you must try it i can tell you’re gonna love it and make sure you check out my link above, steph uses a biscuit tin and she has six pinholes scattered around her pinhole camera, her work speaks for itself. it’s truly beautiful!
    “check this out”: http://www.redbubble.com/people/stephtout/art/1080592-1-my-pinhole-camera
    how needs a camera ha! LOL ;-) x

  • Antanas

    Antanas

    great capture

  • aglaia b replied

    thank you antanas, i appreciate your comment! ;-) x

  • PJ Ryan

    PJ Ryan

    you got me lying on the sand with this one ..

    crawling low .. along the sand ..

    it’s such a beautiful perspective ..

    you’re so cool and i love ya lots xx

  • aglaia b replied

    hey baby girl
    check this out

  • Sophie Shapiro

    Sophie Shapiro

    You are so imaginative Aglaia and stimulate the creative flow. You share all your knowledge and are very informative. I might go and try with a pin hole camera,what a gift you have!!!!!!!!!Thank you for this interesting work and recognising other talents!Sx

  • aglaia b replied

    thank you sophie, i just can’t help it when i get excited about something, you know what i mean yes??!
    xoxox ;-)

  • flower68

    flower68

    thanks so much my lovely,will do!

  • Julia Thomas

    Julia Thomas

    P.S Thanks for the link to Steph’s page your right her work is amazing!

  • aglaia b replied

    good on you for checking it out, tis amazing yes!
    xox

  • etta

    etta

    I will have to try this sometime!

  • aglaia b replied

    for sure, i highly recommend it!
    thanks

  • margpie

    margpie

    great work, again with the Milo, you are definately gonna have to send me some now lol

  • aglaia b replied

    LOL sure
    thank you matey! ;-)

  • Shaun Johnston

    Shaun Johnston

    Seems nice and sharp for a pinhole image. Nice one :)

  • aglaia b replied

    thanks shaun ;-)

  • blamo

    blamo

    reminds me of the old days when we used to expose large bromides and expose detail with a pinhole in a card to alter the image loving your pinhole experiments A1

  • aglaia b replied

    A2…....shhhhh, you’re showing you’re age ;-) LOL xxx
    thanks
    post a large bromide, do you have one? i remember doing that too!

  • blamo

    blamo

    im a silver nitrate man …...... lol …......they used to be hoardings for theatres sadly i never took any pics 5 metres x10 metres …..........exposures could be up to 15 to 30 mins all great fun though

  • T Design London

    T Design London

    Great work and I love all the details

  • aglaia b replied

    thanks for saying so! xo

  • DavidAmosPhotography

    DavidAmosPhoto...

    Great shot and great detail.

  • aglaia b replied

    thank you so much david!

  • pinkyjain

    pinkyjain

    This is awesome & so cool. Love the pinhole look, exotic

  • aglaia b replied

    great comment, thanks pinkyjain! ;-) xox

  • jemimalovesbigted

    jemimalovesbigted

    hey, very cool! my home is just down the road from here. great perspective and remarkably sharp for a pinhole!

  • ADMarshall

    ADMarshall

    impressive work. happy about the milo – must have been a big glass….

  • andreasphoto

    andreasphoto

    of course you’re having great landscapes too. the pinhole creates a interesting field of depth

  • Phineous Cassidy

    Phineous Cas...

    shit hot stuff ya are a very clever lil duck well worth the effort oi i dig your work =] boing

  • midzing

    midzing

    fantastic image,,, well done

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