Thursday, 15 October 2009

Pin-hole Camera Photos.

Here are 3 examples of some of the shots I managed to get (the original negative, then an inverted image):

Exposure time: 30 minutes.
Location: The atrium.

As my first attempt, I was quite proud of this. However, due to it being quite dark, it was evident that the exposure time was too long. Nevertheless I still like the way in which you can still faintly make out different shapes of the atrium.


Exposure time: 5 seconds.
Location: Part of the old college building.

Even though the initial estimate was 1 minute exposure time, I was advised by others who were also using Pringle tubes for their pin-hole cameras that 5 seconds was sufficient.
After developing the image, my tutor and I noticed that there were 'spots', which we decided had been caused by pieces of paint flaking off onto the photo paper. I then took more care when reloading the tube for later images, to avoid this problem from occurring again. Apart from this, I am pleased with the overall outcome as I find the arc shape above the top of building interesting.

Exposure time: 12 minutes.
Location: The Learning Curve.

As my first indoor shot turned out to be quite dark, for this one I decided to reduce the exposure time by half. This was the result which I am quite happy with due to the subject of the photo (bookshelves) being reasonably clear.

1 comment:

  1. A very well-produced blog entry Gemma - your images are a very creative response to the short rotation. The other photography posts also demonstrate a clear understanding of the basics of black & white photography image making - good work.

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