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Dark Room (pinhole camera)
Recently we have learnt how to use pinhole cameras. on the left hand side there is a photograph of a pinhole camera. This camera captures inverted black an white images of what you would have been looking at.
To create these images you would have to start by being in the dark room. once you are in the dark room and there is no light around you other than the red light you can open the bag of paper for the pinhole cameras and place it in the pinhole camera with the shiny side facing the pinhole. After this you must close your pinhole camera making sure no light will be able to enter. After you have covered up the rest of the paper and put it back in the box you then can leave the dark room making sure no light is entering your pinhole camera. Once you have found a place where you want your image to be taken, set your camera down and point the pinhole towards what you want your image to be. You then lift the wooden bit covering the pinhole and leave it open for 1-4 minutes depending on the lighting. If its bright then you leave it for a short time and if its dark you leave it for a longer amount of time. Once you have left it open for the amount of time needed then you close it making sure there is still no light entering and take it back into the dark room. Once you have gone into the dark room you can then remove the lid off of your pinhole camera then you can take out your photo paper. You then put your photo paper into the developing chemicals. Start off with the developer and the it sit in it for 2 minutes. Then you remove it from the developer using tongs and put it in the stop for 10 seconds. You then remove it from the stop with the tongs and put it in the fixer for 2 minutes. After this you remove it from the fixer with tongs and put it in the wash for 5 minutes. Once it has been in the wash for 5 minutes you then take it out and let it dry. Once it is dry you will have an inverted image of what you pointed your pinhole camera to. If it is too white it means you didn't give it enough time when leaving the wooden part closed but if it was too black this means that you left it for too long and need to leave it open for less time next time. |