3 new pinhole pictures!

[RitterKreuz]

I put these pinhole shots on my blog.

still finding my way with this little camera, hope you enjoy.

http://ritterphotos.blogspot.com/

[The Ruptured Duck]

Neat photos!

They could use some dodging and burning to help pull more details from the subject matter.

[RitterKreuz]

well... my camera is a black cardboard box, with a needle hole in the front, and the film is a 4"x5"piece of resin coated photo paper loaded into the back
exposure times/ f-stops were estimated by squinting an eye into the sky  ;D

all of that said... i dont know squat about photography

[The Ruptured Duck]

[quote]well... my camera is a black cardboard box, with a needle hole in the front, and the film is a 4"x5"piece of resin coated photo paper loaded into the back
exposure times/ f-stops were estimated by squinting an eye into the sky

[BigTruck]

Wow those look great!  The porch swing picture looks like something from Okinawa

[RitterKreuz]

How do you print these?  is it like processing film?  I myself am in the dark (pun intended?) concerning pinhole cameras.  When I say dodge and burn I am referring to post-composition techniques.  

well a pinhole camera is basically any container painted or otherwise colored all black.

Some people use oatmeal boxes.

My camera just happens to be built from scratch out of black mat board from the hobby shop.

it measures 6"x6"x6", and is held together with black tape and glue.

located in the center of the front panel is a small shutter which slides up to reveal a piece of tin foil with a needle hole poked in the center. light enters the camera through this hole.

on the back of the box are two overlapping doors which, when opened, reveal a small slot.

in a dark room, you must take a piece of Kodak black and white Photo Paper and load it into the slot, close the doors and make sure your shutter is closed.

take the camera to the subject, the church for example, rest it on a firm surface and open the shutter.

the shutter must remain open for a period of time dependent on the light conditions... typically 25 - 40 seconds.

once the time has elapsed the shutter is closed, and the camera returned to the dark room where the single sheet of film is removed and developed in dark room chemicals. this will produce a negative. the negative must be converted to a positive by sandwiching it face to face with a blank sheet of film, placing the sandwich under a sheet of glass, and exposing the sandwich to light for a period of about 2 or 3 seconds.

presto... thats where these pictures came from.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinhole_camera

[Hagar]

Very impressive.

[The Ruptured Duck]

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How do you print these?