How Do You Take A Pinhole Photograph?
With a pinhole camera, you can take photos that look like no others. But first, you’ll need to establish the optimum exposure time for the conditions you’ll be working in. Prepare to test the exposure time of your camera by taping a test strip of photographic paper to the inside of the camera – emulsion side facing the aperture – in the darkroom under safelight conditions. Take the camera outside and place it in front of an object that’s getting full sun. Remove the tape “shutter” from the aperture and make an exposure for 10 seconds while being careful not to move the camera or object that you’re photographing. Return to the darkroom. Remove the paper, and process as you would any photographic print. Assess the “negative” you’ve just made. If the paper has gone all black, the exposure is too long. If very little photographic information has appeared, the exposure is too short. Retest in 5-second increments until your test strip shows a wide tonal range that describes the object in neg
