Experimentation with different pinhole cameras

Pinhole Cameras

Biscuit tin camera:

To create these images i taped a piece of film paper to the inside of the biscuit tin, i then took the tin outside and exposed it for around 10 seconds.

These were the results:

Cereal Box Camera:

I stuck tow cereal boxes together and covered the outside with black card to ensure no light enters the camera. I next used a pin to poke a hole in a small piece of metal, which would act as the shutter. I took the camera outside and exposed it for around 2 minutes.

In these images, i don't think the pinhole was lined up with the film in the camera, causing part of the film to not be exposed.

However, in this image, the film was over exposed. 

Box Camera: 

This camera is very similar to the biscuit tin camera, however the pinhole was on the side instead of the top, making the images much clearer. 

 In both of these images the film has been ruined before i even took the picture, however the rest of the image still came out much clearer and in focus than the rest of the pinhole cameras. I plan to use this camera in the future, taking more experimental images in more interesting places.

Coffee Tin camera:

I exposed this image for too long, making it very fuzzy and difficult to make out what it is. 

This second image is much easier to make out, as i exposed it for less time.

AV

AV stands for aperture value, which makes the aperture the priority. This mode is basically for controlling Depth of Field. The larger the aperture, the shallower the depth of field. A shallow depth of field makes the main subjects standing out. As the aperture becomes larger, foreground and background start to blur.
Examples of AV:


My own images:
To take these images, I used an aperture of around f/2, which blurs most of the background, making the focused object the dominant part of the image.

Contact sheets:

TV

TV stands for time value and chooses the shutter speed to be the priority. A fast shutter speed allows less light to be captured, a slower speed will do the opposite. Faster shutter speeds are used for freezing images in their moment of time. Slower speeds can allow for moving items to “drag” across your image. 

Example:




My own images:

I used a fast shutter speed to capture these images, around 1/500, to give a crisp, focused result.

Contact Sheet: 

HDR

 

HDR is short for High Dynamic Range. It is a post-processing task of taking either one image or a series of images, combining them, and adjusting the contrast ratios to do things that are virtually impossible with a single aperture and shutter speed.

An HDR image is commonly made by taking three photos of the same scene, each at different shutter speeds. The result is a bright, medium, and dark photo, based on the amount of light that got through the lens. Photoshop can then be used to combine all the photos to bring details to the shadows and highlights both. This helps to achieve the same task in the final photograph that the human eye can accomplish on the scene. 
Examples of HDR: 






My own images:

Contact sheets:

Triple exposure

Triple exposure:

To create these triple exposed images I used a standard roll of colour film, but I shot with a very low exposure, since I was going to use the film anther two times. After shooting with the film once, I found a dark place and used a pair of tweezers to pull the film out of the canister and reloaded it in the camera. I did the once more and these were the results.

My own images:

Analogue photo shoot

Black and white analogue photo shoot.

I took inspiration from Adam Panczuk, who shows the connection people have with the land in Poland. I used high quality black and white film, which resulted in a sharp, contrasted finish.