Camera Explorations

Camera Explorations

Alyssa S  //  Five things about me:
1. I'm a senior at Holland Christian
2. I like peanut butter with ice cream
3. I read books like most people eat candy.
4. Astronomy fascinates me.
5. I like jazz music.

Apr 28 / 6:22pm

Take Two...

Today, after taking several more failed pictures, I tried making a new camera. It is now bigger, has a larger focal length, has a bigger pinhole, and is painted black on the inside. Hopefully this works!
Here are the new specifications:

Picture_2

Filed under  //  camera   measurement   picture  
Apr 21 / 12:04pm

cleanup and camera construction

Today we cleaned up darkroom so we could work in there. The counter was wiped down, trash thrown out, floor swept, and clutter moved. We also had to relabel the chemicals and re-paper the door so no light will get in.

We also started making the cameras. I cut a hole out of the bottom of my box (Altoid's) to put a piece of aluminum there (it is easier to poke a hole in). I pounded down the edges (after I got a cut :D) and taped it all down. Tomorrow I'm poking the hole and then starting to take pictures!

Calculations

the specifications for the camera I'll be making

(download)

the darkroom and my camera

Filed under  //  camera   construction   measurement   pinhole  
Apr 19 / 2:14pm

websites

So today we worked on figuring out where is a good place to start and also found some cool websites to help.

I decided that I would like to make a smaller camera (like an Altoid tin) and also a larger box. Perhaps a curved one as well...we'll see how the first ones go and then play around with that.

Some websites I found were:

Galleries:

http://www.pinholeday.org/gallery/  and  http://www.pinhole.org/galleries/

also, The Pinhole Gallery, gives a great chart for exposures based on the weather and the size of the pinhole relative to the distance to the paper.

http://www.pinhole.org/exposure-guides/

 

Filed under  //  measurement   website