A PHOTO JOURNAL – HENRY CARROLL – PAGE 119

Page 119 in THE PHOTO JOURNAL PROJECT probably isn’t one that would appeal to most people. Some people might even call it a hipster page.


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Page 119 – Turn a DSLR into a Pinhole Camera

Some of you might be asking, “What is a pinhole camera?”

A pinhole camera is a simple camera without a lens but with a tiny aperture, a pinhole – effectively a light-proof box with a small hole in one side.

Turning a DSLR into a pinhole camera is done by drilling a small hole into a camera cover. The idea of a pinhole camera is that everything is supposed to be in focus sorta, but it is blurred often because of the long exposure settings.

I didn’t do the best job with making my pinhole camera. My first hole was too big, so I had to make it smaller with electrical tape. I probably should have just bought one.

Here are some of my other pinhole attempts:


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I’m not sure what page is next up for THE PHOTO JOURNAL PROJECT.

5 thoughts on “A PHOTO JOURNAL – HENRY CARROLL – PAGE 119”

  1. I like it! I also like the third one down in the “other attempts” section, in particular.

    But I’m probably part hipster. So there’s that.

  2. I wrote a very lengthy piece responding to your comment the other day and apparently never his “Post Comment”. This makes me sad. Here is what I recall:

    Hipster, I assume that means you knock down lots of PBR.

    I kind of regret not just buying a pinhole “lens” for this project. May still buy one to play with in the near future.

    I try not to get obsessive with these projects. Do them the one time and what works out works out.

  3. Definitely no PBR. I generally eschew alcohol, but I just don’t understand the allure of drinking a facsimile of urine.

    I’m curious how much a pinhole lens runs. I bet they’re sort of a niche thing – which usually means that either they are dirt cheap, or wicked expensive.

    I think that’s practical, and likely the spirit of it. I loved (but was on my phone) the other day when you posted the “best photo I can take right now.” That sort of captured the spirit of the project.

  4. They can run between 20-50 bucks. Although you can buy some artistic lens baby lens that kind of do the same thing (and they do tilt blur effects) for several hundred dollars.

    Which isn’t to mock Lensbaby. They make some really cool stuff. I actually have my eye on a couple of Lensbaby lenses. But I have a few cheaper toys I’ll be picking up first.

    I do actually own a Lensbaby lens. It was one of their first ones. I used it for “take an ugly picture of some beautiful” page in the photo journal.

    Is all alcohol urine or just PBR?

  5. I’ve never heard of Lensbaby other than from you, so I’m going to have to research it. I may have a bit of a hard sell with Jon after I just upgraded cameras, but I’d love something fun that’s not just purely practical.

    Most alcohol is terrible, but beer in general tastes like urine. Or how I imagine urine to taste, anyway. It’s just terrible. So I guess I’ve never specifically tried PBR, since I can’t even fathom drinking beer willingly.

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