RE: [pinhole-discussion] Pinhole Camera Obscura & workshop
For really quick cameras I have used 35mm canisters, hunks of soda can, and some electrical tape. Any hour processor can provide a vast amount of canisters. Paper negatives 1.5"x 2" work and are quick and cheap for large groups. My last workshop we made and shot 175 cameras in 3 hrs.(it's that high school teacher training) I live by "cheapo, cheapo, productions"! :-) Chuck Flagg
Re: [pinhole-discussion] Pinhole Camera Obscura
Actually, follow up -- when is this happening? If I'm in town then, and you need more hands, maybe I could help. -- Philip __ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Search - Faster. Easier. Bingo. http://search.yahoo.com
Re: [pinhole-discussion] Pinhole Camera Obscura
Hey, glad they got out there -- sorry I couldn't get together with you/them, but my last month or so has been weird. You might keep an eye on IMEX http://www.metrokc.gov/hazwaste/imex/toc.html which tries to match up surplus industrial stuff with possible users -- I just took a peek and found a couple of possibilities... A0903825 - CARDBOARD TUBES Available in Richland, WA : 850 heavy-duty cardboard tubes for mailing. In perfect condition; in original boxes of 25; 4" x 25". Also have 1700 plastic caps (2 per tube). Transportation negotiable within Pacific Northwest area. CONTACT: Kenneth Requard, Badger Mountain Studio Phone:(509)627-0810 E-Mail: aqua...@owt.com A0906960 - PAPER CORE TUBES Available in Everett, WA : 36" and 38 1/2" long, 12" diameter roll paper cores; 10mm wall thickness. Good for concrete forms if you don't need to strip, cat perches, art projects, etc. No charge if you haul. Recurs at 50 per month. CONTACT: Gary McClintock, Specialty Manufacturing Phone:425-407-1475 Fax:425-407-1488 E-Mail: g...@specialtypulltabs.com I've also had my eye on tins -- you can often find candy tins with a tight fitting lid for .50 at thrift stores, which (lined with black paper and with a hole punched in them) would make a dandy camera -- and several companies (starbucks, republic of tea, etc) sell tea/coffee in small, tall tins that would be perfect for a sheet of 4x5 paper, if you could find a busy store or 3, maybe they'd save them for you... -- Philip --- "Moodie, Jason" wrote: > I am the coordinator of the Bellevue Art Museum Fair > Kidsfair in Bellevue WA. This fair is a long time > tradition and is always well represented by the > photographic world (some pinhole, not as much as I > would like). I would like to include in the kids > area a camera obscura (pinhole) area. The cameras > would be built by kids of all ages, so they need to > be as basic as possible. I can't eat enough oatmeal > to furnish them all with oatmeal cans and can only > gather so many toilet paper rolls. Last year we > serviced about 300 kids. Does anyone have any > ideas? It needs to be cheap, easy and fairly quick > (15-30 minutes. I have volunteers to start some of > the projects if need be.) > > p.s. I had 65 students outside on WWPD this year > using the cameras they built in class the week > before. The paper negatives turned out great and > the kids really learned a lot about light and > photography. > > Jason Moodie > Sammamish High School Visual Arts Department > 100 140th Ave SE Bellevue WA 98005 > (425)456-7659 > > > ___ > Post to the list as PLAIN TEXT only - no HTML > Pinhole-Discussion mailing list > Pinhole-Discussion@p at ??? > unsubscribe or change your account at > http://www.???/discussion/ __ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Search - Faster. Easier. Bingo. http://search.yahoo.com
Re: [pinhole-discussion] Pinhole Camera Obscura
Put up a light -tight tent with a pinhole on one side, and a cork board on the other side. Give a group of kids plain paper to compose their picture, cap the pinhole and give the kids the enlarging paper to tack to the cork board. Empty the tent for the exposure, collect the pictures and process them... Think it might work? Cheers Beaker On Monday, May 5, 2003, at 07:12 PM, Moodie, Jason wrote: I am the coordinator of the Bellevue Art Museum Fair Kidsfair in Bellevue WA. This fair is a long time tradition and is always well represented by the photographic world (some pinhole, not as much as I would like). I would like to include in the kids area a camera obscura (pinhole) area. The cameras would be built by kids of all ages, so they need to be as basic as possible. I can't eat enough oatmeal to furnish them all with oatmeal cans and can only gather so many toilet paper rolls. Last year we serviced about 300 kids. Does anyone have any ideas? It needs to be cheap, easy and fairly quick (15-30 minutes. I have volunteers to start some of the projects if need be.) p.s. I had 65 students outside on WWPD this year using the cameras they built in class the week before. The paper negatives turned out great and the kids really learned a lot about light and photography. Jason Moodie Sammamish High School Visual Arts Department 100 140th Ave SE Bellevue WA 98005 (425)456-7659 ___ Post to the list as PLAIN TEXT only - no HTML Pinhole-Discussion mailing list Pinhole-Discussion@p at ??? unsubscribe or change your account at http://www.???/discussion/
[pinhole-discussion] Pinhole Camera Obscura
I am the coordinator of the Bellevue Art Museum Fair Kidsfair in Bellevue WA. This fair is a long time tradition and is always well represented by the photographic world (some pinhole, not as much as I would like). I would like to include in the kids area a camera obscura (pinhole) area. The cameras would be built by kids of all ages, so they need to be as basic as possible. I can't eat enough oatmeal to furnish them all with oatmeal cans and can only gather so many toilet paper rolls. Last year we serviced about 300 kids. Does anyone have any ideas? It needs to be cheap, easy and fairly quick (15-30 minutes. I have volunteers to start some of the projects if need be.) p.s. I had 65 students outside on WWPD this year using the cameras they built in class the week before. The paper negatives turned out great and the kids really learned a lot about light and photography. Jason Moodie Sammamish High School Visual Arts Department 100 140th Ave SE Bellevue WA 98005 (425)456-7659
