A Visual Diary

Adventures in Pinhole Photography (D.I.Y.)

Our next assignment in my Journalism 537 class is a topic of choice. We can do pretty much anything we want as long as it’s something we plan to integrate into our portfolio. I decided I wanted to try out pinhole photography, especially when I read that you can buy or build a body cap that converts a DSLR into a pinhole camera. After looking around, I found a few tutorials and different places to buy pinhole body caps. They usually cost about $50, but I could easily build one for less than $5. On a college budget, the choice seemed obvious. I used this tutorial and am pretty pleased with the results. Over the next week and a half I’ll be working out any kinks. The plan is to wind up taking a series of pinhole photos and using some type of stitching software to make panoramic 180 degree views illustrating campus.

Gotta love a good DIY (do-it-yourself) project.