Digital Photographer - UK (2019-08)

5

Twist Place the needle
point through the back of
the hole and twist it gently to
get rid of any hole imperfections.
The smaller the hole the better.

6

Drill Drill a neat hole in the

centre of a plastic bodycap

5-6mm in diameter, and tape

the pinhole inside the body cap

using black tape so it’s light-tight.

A homemade

pinhole cap

The finished

article, ready to

use. Who needs

an expensive lens

when you have a

pinhole bodycap

“One way to explore photography at its earliest

roots is by creating pinhole images”

Tuscan lion

This sculpture was

photographed using a

pinhole bodycap on a dSLR.

The image has an attractive

softness that is characteristic

of pinhole photography

cAPTuRe cReATive BlAck & WhiTe