How To Make a 6-month duration Pinhole Camera
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- čas přidán 18. 06. 2012
- Justin Quinnell explains how to make a 6-month duration Pinhole Camera using only a beercan, photographic paper, a pin and lots of gaffer tape.
To see more of Justin's work, take a look at his website - www.pinholephotography.org
Take a look at this short documentary about Justin and his work here:
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Produced by MGL Media (www.mglmedia.tv) and filmed at St Pauls Family Centre in Bristol. - Jak na to + styl
For all you Canadians out there wanting to make a six month pinhole camera, gaffer tape is duct tape in our world :) thanks for the great videos Justin, loving this.
This must be the best CZcams tutorial I have ever seen. This got me motivated to try it
00:07 Can preparation
01:03 Light-proof cap
03:54 Pinhole
04:44 Light-proof shutter
05:20 Loading the paper
07:31 Darkening demonstration
08:58 Sealing the camera
09:45 Final touches & Warnings
10:59 Film pot version
11:25 Taking down & Scanning
Excellent project and tutorial! This was a fun video to watch, and it'll be fun to do with the kids. Developing the paper is the only reason we haven't done pinhole photography with them yet-I've never just left photo paper out, so I had no idea it would darken without chemicals!
One thing I'd recommend (at least in the States) if you're planning to leave it in a public place, is to not attach it to park benches, play equipment, etc. Wouldn't want anyone to think it's a dangerous device someone placed (especially if it's partially hidden). Around here attaching it to a bench leg like that would result in a guest appearance by the bomb squad.
I'm excited to browse through the other videos here! This one was super cool, thank you for sharing your design!
This is great, never heard of a long term pinhole. The tip about saving one peice of gaffer was hilarious!
This is awesome thank you for sharing. I teach high school adaptive special education and I am always looking for artsy activities to do! I believe my students would think this is pretty neat.
After browsing through hundreds of woodworking videos I must say I love your comment when you tear off the gaffa...
Thank you so much for explaining the process!!!!!!! When I first saw your images I thought you processed them in chemicals! This is awesome! I want to try to do a long exposure pinhole photo!!! Yay!!!
Love this video. You should do more! You're a great teacher, and i'd love to see more vids. Thanks!
This video is wonderful. A very well done tutorial. Thanks for sharing!
Was fantastic to see you on the George Clarke programme just now! With a modernisation of the development technique 😁
Amazing! That is so cool. Now I need to get my hands on the photographic paper, wow, thank you!
Subscribed just after watching this video, very informative and an excellent teacher you are!
Absolutely brilliant! I plan to build one, and put it on the balcony of my flat (which I haven't visited for ages--the balcony, I mean). Even better, I get to have a beer first. ;D
I'm so excited to try this! Thank you! :)
This is absolutely amazing.
I took down my first can today and the photo turned out great! I'm trying different exposure times so there are still several cameras out there :) Thanks for the video!
thanks Justin that was great, I will try pinhole photos soon.
Wonderful... I'm going to find my can and get out there! Thank you
Bought my supplies today :D Thanks for the video!
Thanks for the great demonstration, I've learned all I need to know about making a solargraph and will have a crack at it when I get some photographic paper :) . I wondered how these solargraphs worked given such long exposures, never thought they didn't need developing too. Cool to see a Fosters beer can in the the video, that beer is almost non-existent downunder, seems to be more popular overseas than in its country of origin lol, Victoria Bitter and Tooheys New are the top selling beers here in Oz.
did you come around doing something like that?! i know it has been 8 years since your comment but thats what peaks my curiosity )))
@@orxanr5955 Yes I did a few pinhole solargraphs during 2015, I would link you to the photos but CZcams will delete my comment. So just google the words solargraph troy walters and you will find one of them.
Really really great Vid. Thanks a million for sharing.
Great video (and fun to watch!), me and my housemate have just put two up today!
Did you remember to go back and retrieve them??
We are interested in your results, bro :-)
Thank you so much for sharing this. ♥️♥️♥️
Hey Justin, great vid. Could you post a link to a recommended retailer for the paper at all?
amazing! well informed and fun great teacher!
Thanks for the lesson Justin, I know you said B&W paper but would it work with color photo paper?
Wow. I'm sooo trying this in summer.
you would not believe it but it works! Quite well! He is using foto-paper , so you can not use an enlarger. To invert the image you can use - as shown- a scanner and the free software "gimp" e.g.
the problem is only the correct hole size and its accuracy.
I loved this video and he saved the best for last. The whole video I was wondering how to get the image.
I come from a film background for my pinhole photography. I've never used photo paper the way you've described. I'm very surprised that there are no hard and fast exposure times for the paper. A usable image can be made with an exposure time of a single day up to a full year of light exposure? Have you tried this with Ilford's direct positive paper?
I did some experimenting with 'lumen prints' and you may be able to fix these images to some degree in a saturated salt solution. I say it may work as I have only used salt to fix lumen prints, not pinhole prints.
I would like to do this with my class for a science experiment. Would a 3-4 month period be sufficient?
Hi all! This is great and I am ready to try it, but am just curious. What type of photo paper would be better for this - fiber based or resin coated? Thanks! John.
This is the best. You are the best!
Fantastic training material. But I have attention. Photosensitive paper placed on the concave wall of the can causes distortion of the image. I suggest trying to put the photosensitive paper on a flat surface, on the opposite side of the hole. Use a shoe box as a "camera obscura", for example. It used to be negative film, now the transducers are flat.
I've done that - the images are far less impressive. Check out the New Forest Observatory for examples of both.
Pretty cool!
Great video.
Do you have any comments on placement of the camera, for the duration of months?
Thanks.
Will Kodak Endura (RA-4 process) paper work?
If the image is scanned straight in as opposed to developing with chemicals, will it fade over time?
wow! this is great! doing this tomorrow! :) thank you!
One last question, how do you take the top off the can? I tried a can opener, but that doesn't work.
Thanks for this lesson in my late 30th. ) A little bit envy novadays chikdren can get such great classes.)
Keep going! )
So when you put up the camera, do you take off the piece of tape you put on the pinhole, or do you leave it on as sort of a filter?
Well done Justin
What site did you get the paper from? I've done some searching and come out with the paper you print things on.
Hi Justin. Can you please tell me what program you are using when you invert? Thank you!
wow...... that's so amazing sir!
and what scanner do you have ?
can we use just matt paper? instead of semi matt
i love this. thank you!!!
JustinQuinnell i maked my one pinhole camera from a box but i need the right photographic paper. Does ilford paper work? And can i scan that paper afterwards?
What size of photographic paper would you recommend suitable?
What is the recommended ISO or speed of the paper?
I’m hoping this isn’t a dumb question. I’m building a few of these now and assume that you take the shutter tape off once it’s installed and ready to capture an image?
Fantastic video 😍✌️
You won't get the cool swirly lines leaving it out short term. The longer you leave it out, the more rotations the sun makes, therefore, the more cool swirly lines you have on your final image. It just depends on what you're trying to capture.
Amazing tutorial learned a lot, will it work with cyanotype or x-ray Filim with the same technique???
Any chance you have a copy of the directions you would send home? Will be trying with my MS students this Spring.
Hi. I am a photo student. Can you please send me a link to a pinhole photo?
Can you scan using a photocopy scanner please?
Lovely! I plan on doing this. Is there a need to secure the paper inside so it does not rotate in the can and obscure the pinhole?
I was thinking the same thing. What I would do is leave the pin in place thereby blocking the paper from shifting around. And then once the can is set up, remove the pin to start the exposure.
What about if you used stop?! With that make it stay?! And I love you personality! I'm doing this...!
What happens if you use colour paper?
I would say scanning these lumen prints works fine, but most scanners give slight scanning lines, and don't pick up all the subtle detail. I've got better results copying the prints with a DSLR - even better if you have a macro lens. Use Raw, rather than Jpeg, for proper control to bring out all the lovely tones, in either Lightroom or Photoshop.
beautiful! two questions: does it work with shorter time like a week?
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is there some way of using / showing the original paper from the can ?
Yes it will work after just one day if the sun's shining - you'll just get one sun "track". You won't get nearly so much background detail after just a day though.
Back in the mid-50s when I attended YMCA summer camp, the science cabin guy showed us how do put paper in a glass and wood frame with leaves on top of the paper then expose it to the sun. Were they called SolarGraphs?
I want to think he somehow permanently fixed the images but don't recall after over 60 years. Like you said, if someone developed the paper it would be black or if they used fixer, the image would go away. Is there a way to permanently process the images?
Hi Terry, the process you are mentioning is called cyanotype, and the image remains fixed permanently afterwards with just a rinse in water
amazing! Thanks!!
Would ILFord Pearl Multigrade be fine?
Hi, all the videos ive watched for this uses cans. Is it possible to do it with boxes? Or would that affect the way the light hits the paper in some way?
Thanks.
This might help you czcams.com/video/2Glok5NJEqg/video.html
Exposure time is not just seconds/minutes?
Very nice. But I kinda winced when you were so casual about handling the paper in normal room light. I can just see someone doing that then ruining a whole pack of paper that could have been used for normal darkroom enlarging work.
Well done 👍
Thank you for this demo. My question if you want to save or keep the photo, how you can do that??
I guess you just save it as an image on the computer, then print it or something
You should search for an video "bw photographic paper chemical processing" i think. Thought, there may be different processing ways for a different type of paper.
@@DmitryKiktenko thank you Sir
Thanks so much for a fantastic video love it just wondering though I am working with a group of students with a disability creating a pin hole camera and taking photo what is the minimum time to leave the camera out I know you said month but I need it to be probably no more than a day or two will that matter if it is a sunny day? thanks
+Trace Davis I am taking a class in school and we do them with about 1 minute of exposure. However, we develop the photos in chemicals and i believe the paper is of different material.
Thanks Gabe I actually got onto Tarja Trygg and she said 2 days is ok which suits me and will definitely suit the kids. I have seen the same paper used but instead of using chemicals you can use dried mint tea which we will do as well to develop still need a dark room etc but that is ok. I just love this one as there is not messing about and keeps it simple for the kids. Thanks so much for your reply.
I am going to build this, totally. (btw, did you see this video because I shared it on fb?)
here i got " canon photo paper plus glossy II" that comes free with my printer....would it be fine? thanks
Ugo Greco no that would not work. It has to be darkroom photographic paper.
Brilliant
Any recommendations on making this work for 1 year instead of 6 months? Would this design overexpose?
if you want to increase the duration by 50% you have to reduce the light by 50%.
solution 1: reduce the diameter of your hole by 50%
solution 2: Block 50% of the light by taping some dark foil (aprox. 50% light gets through) in front of your hole
ok i have a question, its probably a stupid one but, do you have to use photo paper, like is there a way to use regular blank paper and use that for the pinhole camera, cause im confused
Bobert, you MUST use actual photographic paper. Buy some online in 5X7 at Ebay, or if there is a handy old time photographer living/working nearby, ask for a sheet. Or try the local photo store.
Something like this is what you need:
www.ebay.com.au/itm/ILFORD-MG-44M-5-X-7-PHOTOGRAPHIC-PAPER-PACKAGE-STATES-25-SHEETS-/201089754726?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2ed1e22666
There are tons of people on youtube making the same pin hole cameras and doing 20 second exposures. What is it that is different that allows them to go for 6 months?
Una Sola Vida Photography the others are using film, this is using photographic paper.
Does the camera have to be directed at the sun or can you place it any direction?
No, direct it at the subject, in his case the landscape.
I wonder if you could contact print the paper negative and process normally then you could have a more permanent positive to frame and hang up.
Yeah I was wondering the same thing. It might be tough to get high enough contrast, though, but worth a try.
ANY processing will destroy the image, even just fixing.
Gaffa Tape, the elixir of life!
can I use any type of scanner? does it matter what type of light it uses?
Yes and no.
Try a photo webshop which sells analog and/or darkroom material.
bhphotovideo in the US and processuk in the UK
Thanks!
What is the use of the shutter? When it is installed do you just leave the shutter open?
To prevent light getting to the photographic paper. Once you've installed the camera - yes - you open the shutter and leave it like that for the duration of the exposure.
that's awesome!
How do I fix the image? Is it enough to just put it in the fixer or throw it first into developer?
He covered that.
Developer will create a completely black image.
Regular fixer will erase the image.
I also wish there was a way to keep the actual image, too.
You don't. You put the exposed photopaper in a brown envelope and then into a filing cabinet.
could I use sheet film instead of paper?
+Gam er It would be too sensitive and you would end up with a blacked out sheet for this large amount of exposure time.
helping me in my science project
but where do you ge that film and wich film is it couse he just said the size not the name or iso and so couse the iso must be super litle for 6 mounth in my mind so where can I get it adn what name has it
CopperCab JR it's not film it's enlarging paper.
but how dos that react to light vs film
Its extremely similar, paper is just much less sensitive, usually people rate it at around ISO 6 or so.
tnx man!
Please explain. You put photosensitive paper in the can in full (not sun) light, you leave it out for 6 months....... what is the shutter for? Those few photons making it to the paper while you place it will not make any difference compared to what happens/happened will it?
The idea however is awesome. Will do this.
Surprisingly yes. If you position the camera (and the Sun is out) with the shutter open you will get an out of place streak across the photopaper where the Sun has exposed it. How could I possibly know that? I've done it :) And you put the paper in the can in the dark, or under red light.
@@newforestobservatory9322 Thanks. That makes a lot of sence. I keep underestimating the power of the sun.
Do I need to buy "photographic" paper, or "photosensitive" paper? reason i am asking is because i thought "photographic" paper will get messed up as soon as light hits it.
photographic paper
+ZER012345678 Photographic paper is not that much sensitive, that is why it is used to make the prints, because you can work on them easily by adding seconds and more seconds. It would be pointless if it took fractions of a second like with film.
Wow, neat!
Thank you :)
thanks
Would someone explain to me why i can't develop the image?
+DieQwietscheente developing the paper will result in a black image because the role of the developer is basically to accelerate the exposing process. You will already have an image when you take out the paper.
You could, but would need a much shorter exposure. We made pin hole cameras in college, using photographic paper, and we developed them to create a "negative". Then we used them to create a contact print onto another sheet of paper. Of course scanning at this stage would provide a sharper image as due to the thickness of the paper, it made the image less sharp. The exposure was 5 days I think.
The only problem with using a metal can is that over 6 months you will find water condenses and collects in the bottom of the can. If your photopaper reaches to the bottom of the can it will get badly water stained. For this reason I prefer to use plastic rather than metal for the camera.