My First Pinhole

[zfgauthier]

Hi Everyone,<br><br>

 

Just thought I'd share the results from my first pinhole camera undertaking. For

two dollars I picked up two plastic point-and-shoots and a metal developing tank

at the thrift store. I took apart one of the plastic bodies and replaced the

lens assembly with a piece of a doctor pepper can with a very small hole. My

shutter is a piece of black construction paper taped over the hole. It's nice

using a 35mm body like this because I can just shoot, wind, and get 36 exposures

of pinhole.

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Here's a picture of the beauty.

<br><img src="http://zack.loseby.net/images/pinhole.jpg">

<br>I'm going to give her a cosmetic overhaul once I find some electrical tape.

<br><br>You can see the images I produced <a

href="http://zack.loseby.net/bad/">here</a>. The first seven photographs are

from the pinhole. Overall it only took me a few minutes to throw together and

has been a very rewarding experience. I'm loading it up with some HP5 as I

speak. I hope you enjoy.

<br><br><br>-Zack

[patrick j dempsey]

Cool... try painting the inside part of the can black if you want to kill the halos... unless you like them. :)

[kurt_evers]

Zack, nice pinhole shots.

I'm curious about the lovely panorama shots, also on the "Bad" page. Are these 35mm film in your Brownie?

[zfgauthier]

Thanks guys. Yeah the panoramas(technically just crops of the brownie's full frame) are because I loaded it with 35mm. The vertical lines are due to the image being longer than a standard 35mm frame and the plastic of my negative carrier getting in the way of scanning. The exception to that is the crooked photograph of the steeple of a church and the tops of buildings. That one was taken with 35mm loaded into a Polaroid Model 95 Land Camera. I've since given the pinhole a spitshine and made a more proper shutter. Pictures to come at lunch.

[zfgauthier]

Perfect.

<br><img src="http://zack.loseby.net/images/pindecoration.jpg">

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Who ever said photography had to be serious? Whenever you look through the viewfinder all you see is a smiling face. I could redo the pinhole and paint it all black after this first try, but I love the random halos and weird blurs. It's really fascinating to me that this little thing I threw together produces such unique images. This machine is the embodiment of my day spent walking between junk stores and sorting through the recycling bin. Not only are my compositional choices reflected in my photographs, but also every choice, mistake, and miscalculation I made during construction. It is a camera with flaws and unique, unpredictable traits. Just like a human being.