So it's my second day, but my first "real" day, in college and it was spent at the Dean Gallery here in Edinburgh doing a workshop in Pinhole cameras. Pinhole cameras have always interested me; I'm really into the super experimental, different every time aspect of plastic cameras and how much more experimental can you get than pinhole?
We started off making our cameras and I used an old cigarette packet. I'd completely forgotten to take my own light tight container along and this was all I had to use in the bottom of my bag. I still think it turned out pretty well.
We've also been giving a workbook to fill which eventually be marked and go towards our final grade. I thought I'd show you my pinhole page! I took apart my camera and stuck it in and it also include a print from todays work. The writing next to the photograph explains why it didn't quite turn out; it turns out the chemicals and the paper were both expired! Better luck next time.
Hopefully I'll be able to update within the next week or two with some better results!
I don't have long on the internet (I'm currently being unsocial at a friends place) so I can't leave links but websites like lomography.com and several others have kits you can buy to create your own pinhole camera or you can just make your own like I did! An advantage of buying a kit, however, is knowing that it is 100% light tight and it looks pretty. But an advantage of a home made one like mine is knowing that you made it yourself. That alone is a pretty good feeling. I'm looking at possibly buying a kit (you can pay anywhere from £10 to £50) for future projects. |
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