Pinhole Camera

Discover the magic of photography with this ingenious STEM project where students will make a simple Pinhole Camera that really works.

My kids know what a pinhole camera is... AND how to develop it!!!! diagram of a pinhole camera with ink and watercolor

Making a pinhole camera has always been a fun project for me. I remember the first time I tried it, using just a cardboard box, some tape, and a tiny piece of aluminum foil. The idea that I could capture an image with such simple materials was fascinating. It took a few tries to get it right, but the excitement of seeing that first faint image appear on the photo paper was unforgettable. Over time, I've experimented with different sizes of boxes and various types of pinholes. Each variation…

Contrary to what Apple wants you to believe, there’s more to taking a cool-looking photo than choosing which Instagram filter to apply. Few photographers know that better than Nancy Breslin, a local artist nationally renowned for her contributions to the pinhole photography scene. What the heck is pinhole photography, you ask? It’s a simple method […]

Collapsible Origami Pinhole Camera: Last year I played around a bit with pinhole photography. A pinhole camera is the simplest form of a camera. It essentially consists of a box with a tiny hole (also called a camera obscura) , the tiny hole is often literally a pinhole, hence th…

I started making pinhole cameras for the same reason I imagine many people do - because I could! They are deceptively simple objects - after all it’s just a box with a hole in it, right! Regardless, they are capable of producing beautifully complex images. In my early experiments I used what I could find around me - matchboxes, bits of ducting and even felted sheep’s wool. Alongside this, and armed with my trusty Ondu 135, I was learning how to produce the kind of images I wanted using…

Pringle tube pinhole camera

Francesco Capponi (Dippold on Flickr) has a fun printable template for creating your own nifty-looking 35mm pinhole camera. All you need to do is print

Heather Siple tells us how and why we should try out peephole photography and peephole lenses.

DIY cardboard pinhole camera