In my recent review of ‘Spirits of Salts’ I talked (or should that be rapped?) about the revival of interest in historical aka alternative processes both as a way to create ‘orginal’ / ‘different’ photographic images and as a reaction against digital. Well that’s one way to do it, another is pinhole photography.
In a nutshell…as some pinhole cameras probably are…or if they aren’t, they certainly will be now…a pinhole camera is nothing more than a light tight container, with a piece, sheet or roll of film…or a sheet of photographic paper…or a CCD…inside and, instead of a lens, a hole (often made with a pin…hence the name) on the outside, that is covered by a piece of light tight material. When this material (the shutter) is removed, light passes through the pinhole, onto the film/paper/sensor and given a long enough exposure, creates an image (a long enough exposure being anything from several seconds to several hours). While there’s an optimal sized hole for every camera, as long as the hole is roughly correct, you’ll end up with a sharp or soft focussed image, with infinite depth of field. Continue reading “Pinhole Photography by Eric Renner (Focal Press)”
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