PINHOLE
noun
a simple camera without a lens and with a single small aperture, a pinhole,
effectively a light-proof box with a small hole in one side.
noun
a simple camera without a lens and with a single small aperture, a pinhole,
effectively a light-proof box with a small hole in one side.
Pinhole photography is lensless photography. A tiny hole replaces the lens. Light passes through the hole; an image is formed in the camera. A pinhole camera is a simple camera without a lens and with a single small aperture. It consists of a light-proof box, some sort of film and a pinhole. The pinhole is simply an extremely small hole like you would make with the tip of a pin in a piece of thick aluminium foil. History of Pinhole Photography.In the fifth century BC Chinese writers discovered that light travelled in straight lines. The philosopher mo ti was the first to record the formation of an inverted image with a pinhole or screen. He was aware that objects reflect light in all directions.
In the 4th century it was the beginning of the pinhole camera and Aristotle was the one who mentioned it. |
HOW IS A PINHOLE CAMERA MADE?
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Nancy Breslin
One of the famous pinhole photographers is Nancy Breslin.
Nancy Breslin is a Delaware and Washington, DC based photographer who specializes in black and white images taken with pinhole and plastic cameras. Nancy Breslin's photography has been seen in over 60 group shows, including exhibits at the Delaware Centre for Contemporary art, the Delaware Art Museum, the NJ Centre for Visual Arts, the Maryland Federation of Art and many many more. This is a link to her website if you would like to know more about Nancy Breslin: |
Below is a slideshow which shows pinhole images taken by Nancy Breslin.
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Steven Pippin
Steven Pippin is an English photographer and sculptor. pippin typically uses objects such as bath tubs, wardrobes and washing machines converted so that they function as cameras. One of his pinholes was the beach bath. Pippin converted a bath tub into a pinhole camera, using it to photograph semi naked figures on the Brighton sea front. He then beagn to experiment with washing machines in 1985. He had a row of washing machines, converted into pinhole cameras, operated by a trip wire.
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Evaluation Of Image
This is a image I am going to evaluate. I think that for this image, the aperture was in the centre of the photograph. The focus is in the middle of the image so by the path and the trees. The path in the image is clear whereas the edges of the photograph aren't to clear and are quite dark as they are underexposed unlike the centre of image. The building is quite blurry as it has been overexposed a lot more than the rest of the image. Also there is a good tonal range in this photograph. There are lighter tones and darker tones which creates a contrast between them.