Pinhole negatives

Negative image 2

Both of these pinhole negatives photos were taken on a sunny day at Fort Street High School in Petersham. The exposure time on both of these photos were the standard 25 seconds, and resulted in decent photos.

The process of developing the negative photos included submerging them in various liquids for certain periods of time, which brought out the images on the paper as if it were magic.

The first negative came out very decent but you can’t really see my figure which is located to the right of the centre. The second negative had motion blur which was unfortunate, and once again my figure is difficult to identify, which is situated in the middle of the photo.

For my kaleidoscope images, I decided to use my first negative photo as I believed the asymmetrical perspective of the photo would result in a better end product. The hardest part of developing these kaleidoscope images was making sure each little shape that was reflected was perfect so that there were no white gaps all over the photo. This was a process of trial and error to figure out how I could manipulate the shapes to eliminate the white gaps. I believe that both of my kaleidoscope images were a success as I have endured the painful experimentation of creating the perfect shape which formed the basis of my kaleidoscope image.