SAY CHEESE!.. pinhole style...

So I am a photography major and I have been exploring alternative processes. One that is simple and cheap to do is Pinhole Photography. Basically pinhole photography is taking pictures on photo-paper without a viewfinder or way to frame the image before you take it. I started by making a pinhole camera which is really simple and easy to do you can make it out of pretty much anything, all you have to do is make it light tight. The images are pretty unpredictable which makes it exciting you never know if it is going to be sharp or fuzzy or how the much of the picture you wanted is actually exposed onto the page. Its always interesting to see what the camera catches.

It was really tricky trying to find the right exposure time (the amount of time you let light into your camera to expose the picture) luckily mine all worked out pretty much the first and second time I used them. Most of my exposures were 30-45 seconds. I did a lot of different shots and was really happy with the way some of them turned out. It was really interesting to see what would actually be captured in the shot and how it would turn out. Sometimes the shot didn't turn out anything like I wanted at all but it still looked really cool. I love the unpredictable art it creates and the fact that it is so simple and has been a way of taking pictures for a very long time and it still works today! Its really exciting.

So if you are interested google making a pinhole camera and get out there and start shooting see what kind of unpredictable photographs you can take.