Wednesday, June 10, 2009

Creating Photos with an oatmeal box


Using an ordinary shoebox, or an oatmeal box, a camera can be fashioned by placing a piece of photographic paper in the box under safelight conditions.

The box is then sealed with electrical tape.

The camera can then be taken outside and the paper exposed for one picture.

To expose the picture, insert a pin in the side of the box opposite the photographic paper.

The picture is taken by removing the pin and sealing the hole after a few seconds. The camera can be used over again by cutting a hole in the box and covering it with black electrical tape. The tape can be replaced after each use.

The paper can then be processed to produce a negative and contact printed for the positive. There is alot of stuff you can make a pinhole camera with. I seen a few made of a match box and as large as a large brown box to ship stuff in.

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