Pinhole Photography

This quarter i joined pinhole photography as part of my creative component. I have been in it for a few weeks now and am really enjoying myself. I've been really into photography for quite some time now, and have a particular love for working in the darkroom. I haven't however, had the chance to experiment with pinhole photography until now.

In pinhole photography we start by making our own cameras. We use recycled tins which we spray paint black and drill tiny holes into. We then line the inside of the tins with photographic paper which is light sensitive. When the pinhole is uncovered, light enters this hole and hits he paper, recording an image. Once we have exposed our images we take the tins to the darkroom and develop the paper through a chemical process. After the photos have gone through this process an image appears on the paper. It appears in negative form so we then have to invert it to see the true image, here are some of the photos i have produced so far, photos 1 and 3 are the negative prints straight from the camera, and images 2 and 4 are what they look like once inverted:

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