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Tutorials, techniques and the history of pinhole photography and cyanotype
How to dispose of darkroom chemicals: safety from developer to cyanotype
What to do with used fixer, developer and cyanotype baths: safety habits during the session, the disposal route via a household waste recycling centre, potassium ferricyanide, and the rules with...
How to dispose of darkroom chemicals: safety from developer to cyanotype
What to do with used fixer, developer and cyanotype baths: safety habits during the session, the disposal route via a household waste recycling centre, potassium ferricyanide, and the rules with...
How to make a photogram, a photo without a camera
The photogram, a photo without a camera: objects laid on a sensitive surface leave their silhouette. How the image forms, from Talbot to Man Ray, and how to make one...
How to make a photogram, a photo without a camera
The photogram, a photo without a camera: objects laid on a sensitive surface leave their silhouette. How the image forms, from Talbot to Man Ray, and how to make one...
How to estimate pinhole camera exposure time
Why exposures are so long with a pinhole camera and how to estimate them. Exposure chart, test method, ranges by light and the long-exposure trap.
How to estimate pinhole camera exposure time
Why exposures are so long with a pinhole camera and how to estimate them. Exposure chart, test method, ranges by light and the long-exposure trap.
Optimal pinhole size: how the pinhole diameter decides sharpness
Why the pinhole diameter decides sharpness in pinhole photography. The trade-off between brightness and diffraction, the formula for the optimum according to focal length, and a clean pinhole.
Optimal pinhole size: how the pinhole diameter decides sharpness
Why the pinhole diameter decides sharpness in pinhole photography. The trade-off between brightness and diffraction, the formula for the optimum according to focal length, and a clean pinhole.
Pinhole camera troubleshooting: diagnosing a failed photo symptom by symptom
Pinhole image too pale, too dark, fogged, blurred or stained? A cause-by-cause diagnosis, with a practical fix for each problem.
Pinhole camera troubleshooting: diagnosing a failed photo symptom by symptom
Pinhole image too pale, too dark, fogged, blurred or stained? A cause-by-cause diagnosis, with a practical fix for each problem.
Which pinhole camera paper to choose
Which paper to use in a pinhole camera, and why paper rather than film when you are starting out. Contrast, matt or glossy, low sensitivity and storing photo paper.
Which pinhole camera paper to choose
Which paper to use in a pinhole camera, and why paper rather than film when you are starting out. Contrast, matt or glossy, low sensitivity and storing photo paper.
Paper negative to positive: two ways to finish a pinhole photo
Your pinhole paper negative is dry: here are the two ways to turn it into a normal positive image, the inverted flatbed scan and the contact print.
Paper negative to positive: two ways to finish a pinhole photo
Your pinhole paper negative is dry: here are the two ways to turn it into a normal positive image, the inverted flatbed scan and the contact print.
How to make a camera obscura from a box and tracing paper
Building a camera obscura to observe the projected image without photographing it. The box version with a tracing-paper screen or a whole room, hole size and materials explained.
How to make a camera obscura from a box and tracing paper
Building a camera obscura to observe the projected image without photographing it. The box version with a tracing-paper screen or a whole room, hole size and materials explained.
How to develop pinhole camera photos: developer, stop bath and fixer
How to develop a pinhole photo, step by step. Developer, stop bath, fixer and rinsing, under red light, from paper negative to positive.
How to develop pinhole camera photos: developer, stop bath and fixer
How to develop a pinhole photo, step by step. Developer, stop bath, fixer and rinsing, under red light, from paper negative to positive.