Pinhole Postcards

Today I spent the afternoon walking around Canberra. It’s difficult to recognise
many of the locations I photographed with the pinhole camera. Unfortunately,
many of the photo paper negatives were overexposed. I carried out tests yesterday,
but I had not factored in that I had been in a relatively sheltered location in late
afternoon, whereas today I was in full sun. What I had thought would be a ideal
exposure time of 10 seconds was far too long, an exposure time of 5 seconds would
have produced a better quality photo paper negative. Oh well, you learn by your
mistakes and I will try to be more aware of the light quality in the future.

  

The size of the pinhole in the camera I made is perhaps too large, so I think if
I stick with exploring the pinhole camera a little longer I will use a much finer
pinhole to get slower exposure times and a slightly sharper image.

The photographs below were taken at the same location. One was taken
with a pinhole camera and the other with a camera-phone. The photos
enable the viewer to see the visual effect of the pinhole camera (analogue)
in comparison to a digital imaging device.

~ by Dean on February 5, 2013.