This is the fifth of a number of posts that will be devoted to the construction and the use of my 120 Matchbox Pinhole Camera.

What is the other half of the photographic experience?

For some reason there seems to be an acceptance that every image focused on the maker ever created in the history of artistic image-making must now be thrown into this single and greatly demeaning heading.

This is the third of a number of posts that will be devoted to the construction and the use of such a camera.

Nocturnal light painting with a flashlight is a way to make sure that the important subject details are illuminated in the final rendition.

This is the second of a number of posts that will be devoted to the construction and the use of such a camera.

It may be hard for some to imagine that there was a time when snapshot images were produced in the round.

Personally, I find the HOLE idea, (excuse the pun) absolutely amazing. Pinhole is magical in that it requires no sensor, no mechanical parts and no lens. While it is possible to use a pinhole in place of a lens on a digital camera to take pinhole images, a tiny hole in a simple box with a piece of light sensitive material inside is far more impressive.

The only thing I knew at that point was that that a large size matchbox has the same height dimension as a roll of 120 film. I also realized that 120 film which does not have a cassette, would require a much more robust system to make it function in this setup.

Both Pinhole and Zone Plate produce a unique softness that transforms nicely into a digitally ‘painted’ image.