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Pin hole cameras : a do-It-yourself guide / Chris Keeney.

By: Keeney, Chris.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: New York : Princeton Architectural Press, [2011]Description: 191 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781568989891 (alk. paper).Other title: Pinhole cameras.Subject(s): Photography, Pinhole | Cameras -- Design and construction | Camera obscurasDDC classification: 771.3
Contents:
The history of pinhole photography -- Finding the right container for your camera -- Film or paper negative -- How to make a pinhole -- Camera how-to exercises -- Gallery -- Darkroom procedures -- 6-Inch clamp tripod mount.
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Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Barcode
General lending MTU Cork Centre Architectural Education Lending 771.3 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00133948
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

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.

The history of pinhole photography -- Finding the right container for your camera -- Film or paper negative -- How to make a pinhole -- Camera how-to exercises -- Gallery -- Darkroom procedures -- 6-Inch clamp tripod mount.

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Library Journal Review

Adventurous photographers can go old school with this guide. Photographer Keeney offers specific instructions for a wide array of pinhole cameras. The gallery of pinhole camera photos is brief and will leave readers wanting more. Since specialized supplies are required, a list of possible resources would have been helpful. While Keeney provides a variety of camera construction projects, his coverage on film development is insufficient. Brian J. Krummel's The Pinhole Camera is less detailed but presents better general coverage in a more attractive package. (c) Copyright 2011. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

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Chris Keeney is a professional photographer living and working in San Diego, California. He was formally taught at the Rochester Institute of Technology in Rochester, New York, in analog film and paper photography. Even though he now uses digital photographic processes in his professional work, he enjoys the spontaneity and creative freedom of making his own DIY pinhole cameras. In the past five years Chris has made a name for himself in the pinhole photography world by inventing numerous DIY pinhole cameras and giving instructions on how to make those cameras online. He also has been publishing monthly features on pinhole photographers from around the world on his website since 2007. (http://www.chriskeeney. com/photography/pinhole/featured-photographers.html) With his knowledge of pinhole photography, Chris has become a known and respected expert on the art of DIY pinhole photography. Chris also enjoys using vintage cameras as well as toy cameras to create his images. His experimentation with these vintage and toy cameras has been published in books and on websites from around the world.