pinhole task

The 13th of April was our first day of creating our pinhole cameras with Colin. For the second part of the commission unit we were given the task to make a pinhole camera and produce a final image. For the pinhole construction workshop we were asked to bring a box around shoe box sized; as I had already made a pinhole camera at A Level I decided to experiment with a different shaped box. Most peoples cameras required a reasonable amount of work, but I had selected a shoe box. I also made sure when shooting, the box was concealed tightly by taping around the edge of the lid.

 

Once finished painting and sticking, Colin then measured the focal length and made the pin hole. My focal length was 254mm and my 'F' number was F417. We were introduced to the chart to calculate exposure and once we had light meters and paper loaded we went and tested our pinholes. 

pinhole camera shot:

The image below shows my final pinhole picture. when i started shooting, i had trouble getting the exposure right, the paper kept printing out white. i therefore had to re-pin my hole and experiment again.  I am really happy with the result below, as i think the detail is clear, and as i have not done pinhole since sixth form, i was pleased with the final outcome.

 what I learnt from this experience?- I found the task quite challenging. throughout the process, I had to keep going back and forward to my house and re-applying everything, which I found time consuming and frustrating as when useing a film roll you can easily change and put another one in on location.
- I found the focusing challenging. Obviously you cant see what your image will appear as, unlike when useing a meduim format camera you can see if the picture is in focus and can easily change it .

- Having said these factors, I enjoyed the task as i feel i have learnt several new skills and liked how you didn't have to change any colour/tone levels like you would do with a film.

- I also liked how you could take your time when concentrating on the exposure, it made me consider the space and subject I was taking the picture of.

Bruno Ceschel / publishing / zine workshop

Our Guest Lecturer on monday was Bruno Ceschel and explained his self publish be happy website (http://selfpublishbehappy.com/) and some background and context on self publishing, this occurred in room 806. We were advised to note some of the names mentioned and visit the site to review some of the books on what is in effect an online library of self published Artists books.

Later on in the day I had a 'zine' workshop with Bruno Ceschel. We started off the session Using Abobe Bridge to open the images we as a group selected then edited them and then set about learning the basics of 'In-Design'. Bruno showed us the basics and then added the images to a simple template, thankfully Katie had previous experience with 'In-Design' which helped us learn more about the program. Once created it was converted to a PDF, then each groups work was viewed and discussed.