"Pinhole Cameras: A Do-It-Yourself Guide is a fun tutorial for building your own pinhole camera out of just about anything. Starting with a brief history of the pinhole camera presented along with creative examples for construction, the book communicates both a sense of the creative options available as well as the importance of pinhole photography in the history of the medium. From shoeboxes to Altoids cans and even digital cameras, this guide explores a number of ways to get started making your own camera out of objects that are probably already laying around the house." --photo+eye, July 2011
Dewey Edition
22
Grade From
College Freshman
Grade To
College Graduate Student
Dewey Decimal
771.3
Synopsis
Did you ever think that the oatmeal container you open every morning when you make breakfast could be turned into a camera? Or that the mint tin sitting on your desk is capable of creating stunning images? In Pinhole Cameras , photographer and pinhole aficionado Chris Keeney shows you how to transform basic household containers--a shoebox, a coffee can, a matchbox--into amazing photographic devices.