We have a rectangular tin pinhole so the photos are landscape type. So one day someone gave me a wooden pencil holder with a square base and not long after I decided to make a pinhole camera, mainly because I wanted square photos.
I made a small hole in the base to which I glued a small piece of aluminum (from a beer can) and then I made a hole with a needle, the smallest I could find. Finally, I painted the camera black and also a little red on the outside, I loved how it looked.
And well, then it's time to take photos! I use that Ilford paper for the images, which I have to cut in the dark room because the size is larger than the camera. I glue the piece of paper to the lid of the camera and tape it to the wooden box / camera with black tape. I also cover the small hole on the other side of the camera with black tape. I go out to the garden, locate the camera, remove the black tape and let the light come in for the necessary time and then I go to the dark room and put the paper in the chemicals to develop the image. And so, the amount of photos that I want to take, I can spend hours and hours doing this.
Then comes the scanning part. I scan the images in grayscale and invert them since the image is negative on the paper.
Some of the photos I took with this camera
Cheers!
Bárbara Bezina ♥
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Cool... I like this film work, and it is not easy to make this photos. 🤗👌👌👌😋
Thanks! 💜
No film, paper directly into the camera. It is not easy and making self portrait even less! Pure hard work.
Cool 😅😅😅 I hope you try more soon.
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It's good to see people are still practicing on older styles to keep these skills and techniques relevant