This must be the best KZfaq tutorial I have ever seen. This got me motivated to try it

For all you Canadians out there wanting to make a six month pinhole camera, gaffer tape is duct tape in our world :) thanks for the great videos Justin, loving this.

00:07 Can preparation 01:03 Light-proof cap 03:54 Pinhole 04:44 Light-proof shutter 05:20 Loading the paper 07:31 Darkening demonstration 08:58 Sealing the camera 09:45 Final touches & Warnings 10:59 Film pot version 11:25 Taking down & Scanning

Excellent project and tutorial! This was a fun video to watch, and it'll be fun to do with the kids. Developing the paper is the only reason we haven't done pinhole photography with them yet-I've never just left photo paper out, so I had no idea it would darken without chemicals! One thing I'd recommend (at least in the States) if you're planning to leave it in a public place, is to not attach it to park benches, play equipment, etc. Wouldn't want anyone to think it's a dangerous device someone placed (especially if it's partially hidden). Around here attaching it to a bench leg like that would result in a guest appearance by the bomb squad. I'm excited to browse through the other videos here! This one was super cool, thank you for sharing your design!

Love this video. You should do more! You're a great teacher, and i'd love to see more vids. Thanks!

After browsing through hundreds of woodworking videos I must say I love your comment when you tear off the gaffa...

Great video (and fun to watch!), me and my housemate have just put two up today!

This is awesome thank you for sharing. I teach high school adaptive special education and I am always looking for artsy activities to do! I believe my students would think this is pretty neat.

Absolutely brilliant! I plan to build one, and put it on the balcony of my flat (which I haven't visited for ages--the balcony, I mean). Even better, I get to have a beer first. ;D

This is great, never heard of a long term pinhole. The tip about saving one peice of gaffer was hilarious!

Amazing! That is so cool. Now I need to get my hands on the photographic paper, wow, thank you!

I took down my first can today and the photo turned out great! I'm trying different exposure times so there are still several cameras out there :) Thanks for the video!

Was fantastic to see you on the George Clarke programme just now! With a modernisation of the development technique 😁

This video is wonderful. A very well done tutorial. Thanks for sharing!

Subscribed just after watching this video, very informative and an excellent teacher you are!

thanks Justin that was great, I will try pinhole photos soon.

Thanks for the great demonstration, I've learned all I need to know about making a solargraph and will have a crack at it when I get some photographic paper :) . I wondered how these solargraphs worked given such long exposures, never thought they didn't need developing too. Cool to see a Fosters beer can in the the video, that beer is almost non-existent downunder, seems to be more popular overseas than in its country of origin lol, Victoria Bitter and Tooheys New are the top selling beers here in Oz.

Thank you so much for explaining the process!!!!!!! When I first saw your images I thought you processed them in chemicals! This is awesome! I want to try to do a long exposure pinhole photo!!! Yay!!!

Well done Justin

Wow. I'm sooo trying this in summer.

I'm so excited to try this! Thank you! :)

Hey Justin, great vid. Could you post a link to a recommended retailer for the paper at all?

Fantastic training material. But I have attention. Photosensitive paper placed on the concave wall of the can causes distortion of the image. I suggest trying to put the photosensitive paper on a flat surface, on the opposite side of the hole. Use a shoe box as a "camera obscura", for example. It used to be negative film, now the transducers are flat.

you would not believe it but it works! Quite well! He is using foto-paper , so you can not use an enlarger. To invert the image you can use - as shown- a scanner and the free software "gimp" e.g. the problem is only the correct hole size and its accuracy.

Wonderful... I'm going to find my can and get out there! Thank you

Back in the mid-50s when I attended YMCA summer camp, the science cabin guy showed us how do put paper in a glass and wood frame with leaves on top of the paper then expose it to the sun. Were they called SolarGraphs? I want to think he somehow permanently fixed the images but don't recall after over 60 years. Like you said, if someone developed the paper it would be black or if they used fixer, the image would go away. Is there a way to permanently process the images?

Thank you so much for sharing this. ♥️♥️♥️

You won't get the cool swirly lines leaving it out short term. The longer you leave it out, the more rotations the sun makes, therefore, the more cool swirly lines you have on your final image. It just depends on what you're trying to capture.

What is the recommended ISO or speed of the paper?

This is absolutely amazing.

I come from a film background for my pinhole photography. I've never used photo paper the way you've described. I'm very surprised that there are no hard and fast exposure times for the paper. A usable image can be made with an exposure time of a single day up to a full year of light exposure? Have you tried this with Ilford's direct positive paper?

Really really great Vid. Thanks a million for sharing.

Exposure time is not just seconds/minutes?

Hi all! This is great and I am ready to try it, but am just curious. What type of photo paper would be better for this - fiber based or resin coated? Thanks! John.

Thank you for this demo. My question if you want to save or keep the photo, how you can do that??

What happens if you use colour paper?

I loved this video and he saved the best for last. The whole video I was wondering how to get the image.

Thanks for this lesson in my late 30th. ) A little bit envy novadays chikdren can get such great classes.) Keep going! )

Bought my supplies today :D Thanks for the video!

amazing! well informed and fun great teacher!

Lovely! I plan on doing this. Is there a need to secure the paper inside so it does not rotate in the can and obscure the pinhole?

I did some experimenting with 'lumen prints' and you may be able to fix these images to some degree in a saturated salt solution. I say it may work as I have only used salt to fix lumen prints, not pinhole prints.

helping me in my science project

Brilliant

Can you scan using a photocopy scanner please?

Pretty cool! Great video. Do you have any comments on placement of the camera, for the duration of months? Thanks.

Amazing tutorial learned a lot, will it work with cyanotype or x-ray Filim with the same technique???

Thank you :)

I’m hoping this isn’t a dumb question. I’m building a few of these now and assume that you take the shutter tape off once it’s installed and ready to capture an image?

This is the best. You are the best!

The only problem with using a metal can is that over 6 months you will find water condenses and collects in the bottom of the can. If your photopaper reaches to the bottom of the can it will get badly water stained. For this reason I prefer to use plastic rather than metal for the camera.

Very nice. But I kinda winced when you were so casual about handling the paper in normal room light. I can just see someone doing that then ruining a whole pack of paper that could have been used for normal darkroom enlarging work.

Fantastic video 😍✌️

I would like to do this with my class for a science experiment. Would a 3-4 month period be sufficient?

i love this. thank you!!!

What about if you used stop?! With that make it stay?! And I love you personality! I'm doing this...!

Gaffa Tape, the elixir of life!

Lovely

Well done 👍

I would say scanning these lumen prints works fine, but most scanners give slight scanning lines, and don't pick up all the subtle detail. I've got better results copying the prints with a DSLR - even better if you have a macro lens. Use Raw, rather than Jpeg, for proper control to bring out all the lovely tones, in either Lightroom or Photoshop.

Any recommendations on making this work for 1 year instead of 6 months? Would this design overexpose?

wow! this is great! doing this tomorrow! :) thank you!

wow...... that's so amazing sir!

Any chance you have a copy of the directions you would send home? Will be trying with my MS students this Spring.

Thanks for the lesson Justin, I know you said B&W paper but would it work with color photo paper?

One last question, how do you take the top off the can? I tried a can opener, but that doesn't work.

Please explain. You put photosensitive paper in the can in full (not sun) light, you leave it out for 6 months....... what is the shutter for? Those few photons making it to the paper while you place it will not make any difference compared to what happens/happened will it? The idea however is awesome. Will do this.

If the image is scanned straight in as opposed to developing with chemicals, will it fade over time?

Fantastique !

So when you put up the camera, do you take off the piece of tape you put on the pinhole, or do you leave it on as sort of a filter?

Try a photo webshop which sells analog and/or darkroom material. bhphotovideo in the US and processuk in the UK

JustinQuinnell i maked my one pinhole camera from a box but i need the right photographic paper. Does ilford paper work? And can i scan that paper afterwards?

amazing! Thanks!!

So don’t use gaffer tape across, so you use less gaffer tape. Three seconds later, because you’re obviously now obsessed with gaffer tape, you might as well just unnecessarily use another strip on top again…

What size of photographic paper would you recommend suitable?

Hi Justin. Can you please tell me what program you are using when you invert? Thank you!

I wonder if you could contact print the paper negative and process normally then you could have a more permanent positive to frame and hang up.

Thanks!

Will Kodak Endura (RA-4 process) paper work?

What site did you get the paper from? I've done some searching and come out with the paper you print things on.

There are tons of people on youtube making the same pin hole cameras and doing 20 second exposures. What is it that is different that allows them to go for 6 months?

can we use just matt paper? instead of semi matt

help! there is a street light in front of my camera which turns on at nights. is it going to burn the paper and ruin the image?

beautiful! two questions: does it work with shorter time like a week? and is there some way of using / showing the original paper from the can ?

that's awesome!

Hi. I am a photo student. Can you please send me a link to a pinhole photo?

thanks

and what scanner do you have ?

How do I fix the image? Is it enough to just put it in the fixer or throw it first into developer?

Hi, all the videos ive watched for this uses cans. Is it possible to do it with boxes? Or would that affect the way the light hits the paper in some way? Thanks.

tnx man!

Thanks so much for a fantastic video love it just wondering though I am working with a group of students with a disability creating a pin hole camera and taking photo what is the minimum time to leave the camera out I know you said month but I need it to be probably no more than a day or two will that matter if it is a sunny day? thanks

I am going to build this, totally. (btw, did you see this video because I shared it on fb?)

A 1mm aperture is way to large for that focal length

Would ILFord Pearl Multigrade be fine?

What is the use of the shutter? When it is installed do you just leave the shutter open?

Wow, neat!

Does the camera have to be directed at the sun or can you place it any direction?

ok i have a question, its probably a stupid one but, do you have to use photo paper, like is there a way to use regular blank paper and use that for the pinhole camera, cause im confused

here i got " canon photo paper plus glossy II" that comes free with my printer....would it be fine? thanks