DIY Large Format 8×10 Pinhole

^The basic ingredients, big box with lid (old photocopy paper box in this case), scissors, tape – parcel tape and electrical blackout tape, ruler, pencil, pens, black spray paint, drinks can, needle.

^Tape the box to make sure it doesn’t fall appart. I also used electrical tape on the corners and any potential weak spots which could leak light.

^Spray the inside black.

^The lens need to go exactly in the middle of one of the long sides (or the short side I suppose, but I’m using 8×10 paper so it had to be the long side). The ‘lens’ is a small piece of drinks can with…yep, a pinhole. Tape it down and seal the edges with electrical tape.

^The ’shutter’ is a simple sliding piece of card that fits underneath another larger piece – all very hi-tech.

^The finished article! The modeling clay on top is simply there to add weight. The 8×10 paper was blu-tacked to the inside of the box in the darkroom. So far exposures have been a little hit and miss, but in bright sunlight anywhere between 1 min 30 secs and 2 mins has worked pretty well.

Result No1. posted below

Large Format 8×10 Pinhole

Never tried large format pinhole before, this is the first result (this was a test, hence the slightly boring subject matter). Never made a paper negative before either. The ‘camera’ was built from a photocopy paper box- I took some images of it being made, I’ll post some later.

Sellotape Transfer

For the final result check here : http://rhysbaker.com/blog

The original image was taken in Whitby, in the window of a junk shop. I think it’s a figure of Marilyn Monroe.

^^ You need:
- Laser printout
- Sellotape
- Scissors
- Tray
- Warm water
- Lightbox

^^ Cover the whole of the image in the Sellotape

^^ Soak the Sellotaped image in a warm tray of water (you can see I have two on the go). Leave for 10-15 mins.

^^ With the image Sellotape side down, start to rub off the paper, this can take a while- be patient!

^^ Once I had (eventually) scrubbed all the paper from the Sellotape, the transfered image was placed on a Lightbox. The final image was shot with the G10.

Charity Shop Panoramic Camera

2 weeks ago I bought a cheap panoramic film camera from the YMCA Charity Shop in Redcar- it cost me 89 pence!
Here’s one of the first scans.

Lubitel Medium Format

I’ve had hold of this old Lubitel Medium Format camera for a while now, but for various reasons just haven’t got round to using it. The main reason being that it doesn’t have a light meter, so it requires an extra bit of faff i.e. using a hand-held light meter. So, I dusted off my little Lunasix 3 and took a few meter readings and shot some frames. Not all of them turned out- must take it outdoors next time.

DIY Ringflash

DIY RINGFLASH

Mirror Card.
Tape.
Craft Knife.
Patience.

Photos by The Boy

A while ago The Boy was given a digital camera as a present from his Uncle Neil, I’ve never thought about posting any of the shots before, but yesterday whilst browsing though some of them I was struck by how good they are. The Boy is 5 years old and the camera is made by Fisher Price.

The last one is a self portrait!

The First Pinholes

Paint Box Pinhole

^^This is how it all started out, an old scrappy paint tube box.

^^Foamboard compartments, wind-on made from an old paint brush handle (quite apt I thought), small hole for aperture – the actual pinhole hasn’t yet been fitted. All coated in matt blackboard paint.

^^All fitted together and sealed with electrical tape, you can’t see the pinhole itself, it’s hidden underneath the highly sophisticated shutter. The pinhole was created from a small piece of coke can, pierced with a pin (carefully).

Tripod mounted with elastic bands. Finitto! Ta da!

Just a Quick Bash

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