Montage created with a 6-hole pinhole camera, “in-tin”. You can see all my pinhole works here
This series dealt with the manipulation of light to create an illusion of mystery and darkness. It thus represents the deep, dark an unknown just like an abyss in oneself. The images were taken with a pinhole camera, lights and blue gels.
Taken with 35mm pinhole camera. / / .......................................................................................... / Image Copyright Duncan Waldron © 2008 / This image may not be reproduced without permission / .......................................................................................... / /
Self portrait at speed. Taken on a home made cardboard wide angle pinhole camera mounted over the front wheel. Shot on 5×4 format Fuji Velvia 50 iso sheet film – 26 second exposure. This was used as the cover image of Velovision (an English cycling magazine) issue 8 about four years ago.
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, 120 roll film and is placed inside the Milo tin in complete darkness of course. / The location is the corner of Brunswick & Johnston Streets, Fitzroy, where the Provincial Hotel stands. / Warning: absolutely no Milo was discarded to make this pinhole camera. oh yeah, please view it large.
well I’ve been really busy in the darkroom with this semesters photography students. We’ve been building pinhole cameras out of all sorts of things and then printing out the negatives in the wet darkroom. Then these images will be scanned and outputted as 1 metre square digital image. So from the most basic form of photographic capture to the top end of digital output…. it’s a fabulous project and the students really love it to bit…. So far in the group we have cameras built out of nappybuckets, toilet roll holders, letter boxes, teapots and one intrepid fellow has made a reasonably viable camera out of a car wheel….. no joke it’s a sight to behold as he rolls in around the campus. Anyway I usually just stick to making my cameras out of old photographic paper boxes and they seem to work well for me. The image here is a double exposed pinhole shot of a lifesized human skeleton that the students use in the drawing and painting classes. The aperture…. or the pinhole…. or the lens if you like …. is a massive .5 of one millimetre. The exposure time was 15 seconds on a bright clear sunny day. The negative is a whole sheet of 10×8 inch blackandwhite photo paper and that has been contact printed on to another 10×8 inch sheet of paper and then I’ve scanned both negative and positive and placed them onto the one page so I can upload them here together. So volia….. pinhhole photography rules…...:)
35m pinhole camera. Orton Effect applied. / / .......................................................................................... / Image Copyright Duncan Waldron © 2008 / This image may not be reproduced without permission / .......................................................................................... / /
another in the series….. / Featured in Still Life Photography, September 2009 Taken with a Canon 400D Top 10 in Challenge, black and white still lifes in the Still Life Group…October 2009
For those who may be drooling over an expensive new lens or wondering whether you can justify sacrificing food for a new ring flash, here…
For those who may be drooling over an expensive new lens or wondering whether you can justify sacrificing food for a new ring flash, here’s a reminder that beautiful photos can be captured using the simplest of kit. The pinhole camera is made up of three basic elements: a light-proof container, some film and a pinhole. As there’s no need for a lens, you can make one out of pretty much anything from a Coke can to a cereal box. Too easy! This coming Sunday 26th of April is Worldwide Pinhole Photography Day so it would be almost rude not to give this a try some time soon. If you’d like to make your own pinhole camera, here are some useful links to get you started: How to Make and Use a Pinhole Camera Download, print and build your own pinhole camera Pringles Pinhole Camera How To Build a Matchbox Pinhole Camera If you’d like a bit more technical info on exactly how these low-fi cameras work, these links may be of interest: The geometry and mathematics of the pinhole camera How does a pinhole camera work? If you’d just like to marvel at some stunning pinhole photography, take a look at these works from talented bubblers who’ve fallen for the charms and simplicity of the humble pinhole camera: / Won’t somebody play me? by Duncan Waldron / Bubbles by Paul Cotelli / Cranston Water Tower by Paul Lavallee / a light on the horizon by Colin Powell / Pinhole Polaroid – “Experimental Farm II” by DavidAmosPhotography If you’re planning some pinhole photography action this week, feel free to show your masterpieces off in the comments below. Don’t forget to add your work to the PinHole Photography group too!
First experiments with pinhole technology small but so atmospheric I just had to show them
This is my first test film through my 8 holed pinhole camera It was shot just near Castlemaine in the bush on Fuji Reala with 5 second exposures… Not exactly sure why the film has come out with a red cast… some more investigative work will be required to knot that puzzle out.. I figured out it was because I loaded the film back to front and that is what happens with negs the wrong way round! Cool!!.. I am pretty happy with the results of the sharpness of focus and pretty consistent exposure as well…. More to come in the future!
This image was created in my shortbread tin camera / This was a 25 minute exposure and I tried to exclude the outside light coming through the glass door.
Take one friend, add Marsden Stack in Marsden Bay in South Shields, throw in a few well cooked clouds, a smidgen of water to sand, cook under a passing ray of sun and then let the black and white pinhole take you on a journey of the imagination back to those early King Kong movies. Best viewed large Featured by Northern landscapes Group and a big thank you to the groups hosts
Classic late summer view in North Yorkshire, taken in the countryside around Kilham. / With it’s classical small valley’s rolling into each other formed by the ice and melt waters of the last Ice Age, this is a hidden gem of an area The gathering in of the straw is only matched by the gathering of the storm clouds.. Converted into black and white pinhole
taken in the rolling small valley countryside of North Yorkshire just on the outskirts of Kilham, the rain clouds are really starting to boil up a head of steam. Converted into a black and white pinhole effect. And for my fellow cloud watchers, I just had to buy this book today in a well known supermarket today Best viewed large steps back and waits for puns
This is the gentle glacier and melt water hills and valleys of Yorkshire outside the village of Kilham. With the crop safely gathered in, the ghost trails of the plants form the track for the rolling runaway trains of the clouds above. Converted into a black and white pinhole. Best viewed large this was taken a few moments before this shot
Another view of the fields around Kilham in Yorkshire, with the clouds bubbling up creating a cloud watchers dream afternoon. Leave it up to your imaginations as to what you can see in this lot of clouds. LOL Converted into black and white pinhole Best viewed large Featured by the kind hosts of the Northern landscape group
For the cloud spotters, can you see Mother Nature and her all seeing eye? This is the clouds above the River Trent as it flows past the village of Owston Ferry in North Lincolnshire. Converted into pinhole black and white and best viewed large
This tree grows next to a small stream that runs of the moors through the old quarries and lead workings, just off the B6278 road that runs from Stanhope to Eggleston in County Durham. A wonderful little spot and a place to regain your breath after discovering the hidden hair pin bend. Converted into a pinhole black and white Featured by the kind hosts of the Olympus and Four Thirds Group and The Northern Landscape group / and The Beauty of the European Waters
This wonderful reminder of a life in a season, stands like some lost temple to a half forgotten religion. After the glory of it’s flowers, this simple and yet wonderfully complex design, stands in it’s strength against the coming winter, now a home to a hopeful spider, casting it’s nets into the sea currents of air. Converted into a pinhole black and white And shot on the outskirts of York
The view from the end of Platform 1 at Seven Bridge railway in Bridgnorth,Shropshire. The engine was just about to start it’s journey and created this wonderful half view through the smoke and steam Converted into a pinhole black and white Featured by the kind hosts of Tone It Down! Group
Taken in the North Yorkshire Dales, heading out of the village of Grinton and heading towards Redmire Moor. you climb up a nice gentle slope and then a few bends with wide open roads and hit an area that looks like it has been blasted by nature and man a few times and you came across some open views and then vistas like this one. Best viewed large. Featured by the kind hosts of The Northern Landscapes Group Converted into pinhole black and white
A detailed shot of one of the side doors at the West End of York Minster at night. The night light highlighting the fine detailing of the master masons. Converted into pinhole black and white. best viewed large
Pinhole photograph, paper negative, coffee and washing soda developer
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