{"id":2144,"date":"2016-02-16T21:05:15","date_gmt":"2016-02-16T21:05:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gcmphotographic.com\/?p=2144"},"modified":"2021-01-17T21:28:36","modified_gmt":"2021-01-17T21:28:36","slug":"photography-without-a-lens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gcmphotographic.com\/?p=2144","title":{"rendered":"Photography without a lens"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yes you read it correctly, we really did mean it, photography without a lens.
\nHow you may ask?
\nThe answer is with a pinhole camera.
\nLet me expand. In its most basic form, a camera is a light tight box, it has something to record the image on, a means of focusing the image and a way of controlling the amount and how long light passes through to the recording material.
\nThese days the recording material is a digital sensor, the means of focusing is a highly sophisticated multi element auto focus lens and light duration by an electronically controlled focal plane shutter.<\/p>\n

We have gone back to basics! Film and a pinhole.<\/p>\n

How does a pinhole work?<\/p>\n

Light travels in straight lines a lens brings the light to a central point and then spreads it back out, but upside down, a pinhole uses the same principle, but uses a very small hole as a replacement for a lens. A practical way of proving the pinhole principle is, if you wear glasses, take them off, put both thumbs and forefingers together to create a very small hole, look through it, the image seen is quite sharp.<\/p>\n

We have opted to obtain a custom made pinhole camera, produced under the name of Noon and manufactured by a company in Poland, it uses 120 film and can make images in 3 formats, 6x6cm, 6x9cm and 6x12cm, exposure is controlled by a removable cover over the pinhole.<\/p>\n

Because the pinhole that allows light onto the film is so small, the camera must be used on a tripod, the exposures used (depending on sensitivity of film used) generally range from several seconds to several hours in extreme cases.<\/p>\n

Using a pinhole camera makes one slow down, compose the image carefully and not just take photographs of anything and everything without thought, each roll of film can record a maximum of 12 images, (I use the 6×12 format so only 6 images)<\/p>\n

\"Front\"<\/a> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Front view of Noon Pinhole<\/p>\n

\"Back\"<\/a> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Rear view of Noon Pinhole<\/p>\n

\"Meter-reading\"<\/a> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Taking a light reading<\/p>\n

\"Loading\"<\/a> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Reloading the camera<\/p>\n

\"Set-up-for-photo\"<\/a> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Camera in position to take photograph<\/p>\n

\"Steps\"<\/a> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Steps taken with pinhole<\/p>\n

\"Beach\"<\/a> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Beach view with pinhole<\/p>\n

We are currently working on more pinhole images and hope to display some of them at our next exhibition at Under Ground Art in August this year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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