Pinhole camera

Phillip Hasenbalg, Travis Smith and Abi Hedlund created a pinhole camera. A pinhole camera is a boxlike device for holding a film or plate-sensitive to light, having an aperture controlled by a shutter, when opened, emits light enabling an object to be focused, usually by means of a lens, on the film or plate, thereby producing a photographic image. They created their camera with black tape, photosensitive film, black paper, two large rubber bands, pencil, straight sewing needle, scissors and a soda can.
They took a photo with the camera by lifting a flap of paper to uncover a hole to allow light onto photosensitive paper, which then put the photo onto the film. The making went great, but the photo was not good.















A camera needs four key components:
a shutter
a light-tight box
a hole
film

They say for other people who want to make a pinhole camera: "Take lots of time to make a pinhole camera. Our pinhole camera did not work. Our pictures did not come out correct. I think that using a box or a bigger can would be better that a small can. We also think that we did not have enough light to take the picture and there was lots of movement around the camera."