Pinhole Photography 101

[@questionmarke]

I really like your calm, peaceful voice. Very nice to listen to!

[@ShawneeUnion]

thanks!

[@paultaylorphotography9499]

Brilliant Shawnee love it. I’m back into film for personal projects at work it has to be digital I love for mediums but for a purely enjoyable nostalgic experience I absolutely adore shooting film. I never thought about trying pinhole but now I’m in. Thanks for the info and inspiration liked and Deffo subbed. Regards Paul

[@MrMarkpoole]

If you have an interchangeable lens camera,you can drill a hole in a body cap and put a piece of thin metal with a pin hole in it.I have a pin hole cap for some off my digital cameras.It's great fun to experiment with.

[@ShawneeUnion]

good idea! never tried that

[@neerajdelima8123]

Hey this video was awesome, thank you for making it! I've been wanting to try this out for a while and this is one of the best how-tos that I've found

[@leenorthcutt8421]

SO AWESOME... I spent some money a couple of years ago and bought a NOON 612 and a Zero Image 4X5, both beautifully crafted wood pinhole cameras. This makes me want to go back and revisit that media. It does me no good just looking at them sitting shiny on my shelf. Thanks for the shove out of the nest to finally try them both out!

[@ShawneeUnion]

+Lee Northcutt any excuse to shoot is a good excuse. Get out there!

[@lee-annolivier4289]

Thanks for this Where and how do you put the film in the box??

[@ShawneeUnion]

Just load the film in a dark room. 120 film uses a bit extra leading material to reduce light leaks.

[@Morongobill]

Loved the pinhole vids, subbed and really want to try that Lomography film.

[@ShawneeUnion]

They’re pretty fun, thanks!

[@disappearintothesea]

Now I'll have to go look/make/find a pinhole camera 😊and love the bloopers!

[@artyfotos]

Glad to see you back! I've also been on a sabbatical and away from social media and photography this last month or so. So your video comes at a very good time! I'm inspired to take my own pinhole-debonair camera out for some fun. Keep on pinholin'! rt

[@ShawneeUnion]

Thanks Ross! I always walk away from a pinhole roll with a smile :)

[@bodudas8346]

great tutorial video !!!!!

[@jameslane3846]

Nice vid! I was thinking of doing pinhole panos. How do you meter for pinholes as the aperture is so small? And also do you get sharp images with pinholes? And wouldn't the vibrations of moving the shutter up and down cause motion blur?

[@ShawneeUnion]

Here are some tricks. Use a meter table and overexpose, better to have too much light and not use it then not enough. The better your tripod or sturdier your surface and shooting technique (less vibration) the sharper the images. I always apply downward pressure on the top of the camera so there is less chance of vibration.

[@AllTheGear]

Nice vid dude, was thinking about trying this out!

[@kamilingo]

Did you make the brown pinhole camera by yourself or you bought it?

[@ShawneeUnion]

Bought it, it’s an Ondu pinhole camera.

[@krazywally5685]

Excellent 👍

[@OldCameras]

Wonderful video. Perfect technique for busy tourist area shots :)

[@ShawneeUnion]

That would be pretty awesome if there were flashes going off too. You'd have some rad ghosting.

[@GavinRemme]

You should do a video on shaped boken.

[@ShawneeUnion]

That could be pretty cool, I'll add it to my ideas lists.

[@angelodallaverde5968]

Gavin Remme whaaaaa

[@chilecayenne]

Where do you send your film to get it developed these days? How much does it cost for these types of film and develop services? Thanks in advance!

[@ShawneeUnion]

Old School Photo Lab and The Dark Room are really hard to beat. About 15$ a roll with shipping. Local is best if you live in a big city.

[@GavinRemme]

Do you have to worry about focus at f/100+?

[@ShawneeUnion]

Since the F-stop is so big and the angles usually so wide everything will be in focus. Most pinholes don't even have focusing mechanisms.

[@GavinRemme]

Shawnee Union Ah, interesting.

[@denisecheng2962]

Where do your film developed??

[@ShawneeUnion]

There are places locally where I get things developed.

[@ShawneeUnion]

If you’re in America some big box stores may still have drop offs. If not old school photo lab has a mail in service that is great, about $20 a roll. Less if you send multiple at a time to reduce shipping costs.

[@ErikWahlstromPhoto]

Photos look great.

[@ShawneeUnion]

Thanks! Glad you liked them.

[@McCadebountyhunter]

Just wondered if it’s possible to make a pin hole aperture to go over a mobile phone camera! Anyone ever tried it and did it work?

[@ShawneeUnion]

Seems possible, you just need to be able to keep it still for a long time.

[@UpcomingJedi]

I would think it wont work since phones arent designed for long exposure. I use a canon 200is with chdk for intervalometer photos and i blacked out my room. I made a curtain rod for a screen that i project an image through a 3/16 inch hole in some roofing felt covering the wondow. I photograph the images at 400 iso, f3.4 for 8 seconds each then compile 300 photos for about a 20 second sunrise. My selfie in full sun is kind of blurry. Dont wear cowboy hats or you wont have a face.

[@amarnathwani3163]

Hey man! Amazing video, great photos! I was wondering which Ondu you're using?

[@ShawneeUnion]

The 6x6 pocket. It's fun and very well made.

[@michaelclyburn5858]

You're cool good job.

[@dflf]

You can also make a pinhole camera.

[@Manchaespiga]

I'm in love with you and your voice

[@ShawneeUnion]

Hi.

[@Manchaespiga]

:)

[@hany7990]

ASMR.

[@Josecunyat]

you can get one here: 3n2n.fnd.to/pinholepro