Thursday, March 10, 2016

My negative and positive pinhole camera pictures were achieved by taking an image with the pinhole camera, then continuing to go through the steps of creating the negative and positive images.

step1: make the image visible, you do this with the help of the developer. I placed the image into the developer waiting 60 seconds until the image appeared visible.

step 2: stopping the chemicals,  this step lasts about 30 seconds, and stops the developer from continuing to make the image visible. 

step 3: Make the photo insensitive to light, after creating your positive you place the positive face up on the enlarger then place another paper, with the shiny side down, close the enlarger, and turned on the light for 6.5 seconds, then went through the same steps for the negative. 

Friday, March 4, 2016

1. What is a camera obscura?
     A dark can/box with an aperture, no lens.
2. What is a pinhole camera?
     A camera with a pinhole aperture.
3. What 3 things do all cameras have in common?
     The aperture, shutter, and the body.
4. What two parts of a camera allow light to enter in?
    Apature & Shutter
5. How do you test the pinhole camera for "light leaks" and how do you fix them? 
    You first test on a test strip (a small piece of film), and if you have a leak that needs to be fixed you cover the camera in black, avoiding the aperture.
6. What is "camera shake" and how do you prevent it?
     "Camera shake" is movement of camera while taking a photo, you prevent this by placing the    .....  camera on a flat surface.
7. What does developer do? 
     Convert the latent image to a visible image.
8. What happens in the stop bath?
     Discontinues the process of the development   .....of the film.
9. What happens in the fixer?
      This prevents spotting while also keeping the ......chemicals moving.
10. Why agitate chemicals when printing?
      Because the chemicals need to be agitated to ......properly function.
11. How do you prevent prints from sticking ......together?
      Continue moving the film around.
12. Why do we wash prints?
       In order to get all of the chemicals off of the film.