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Pinhole Finals

Pinhole Finals

For my pinhole final pieces I have changed them from a negative to a positive in the darkroom manually.(not in Photoshop). 

 Both these photos also link to Joel Tjintjelaar's work as they have been taken pointing up at buildings trying to recreate Joel's series "looking up".



This is the first pinhole I've done for my finals. on the day of this shoot the weather was quite gloomy and I therefore needed to expose the photographic paper for around 90 seconds. In order to expose the image for the correct amount of time I used my mobile phone stop watch to make sure I didn't over expose or under expose the paper. I also had to try and keep the box as still as possible because I was getting some blurry results. To keep the box still, I lent the box against the bench to get the angle I wanted and to keep it steady. 

 You can clearly see the sharp corner of the building on the right of the photo which I think looks very striking, as it stands out from the white sky. Along the left side, vignetting can be seen which links to Joel's work even more.


This is the second pinhole I created. This was taken on a different day when it was slightly brighter so I didn't need to expose it for as long as the first pinhole. The paper was exposed for around 40 seconds.  The sun was shining directly on the building hence why the middle of the building is slightly brighter, you can also see some of the brick work detail. The positioning of the box was on the floor looking straight up, this meant that there was zero movement and guaranteed me a perfectly still photo. 

 Similarly, to the first image the buildings are very contrasting to the sky which makes the building striking.  

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