This program was sponsored by
Merlin’s Pinhole Cameras
Would like to try your hand at pinhole photography? Click below to buy your own paint can camera?
Photographers around the world are celebrating the art of slow photography on
Sunday April 27, 2008, Worldwide Pinhole Photography Day.
Choose a country and view photos taken last year at Pinhole Photography Day.
With photographic paper and the right developing materials, you can make a pinhole camera that will actually produce photographs. Check out this website for instructions on how to begin.
San Diego photographer Chris Keeney enjoys inventing and making hand crafted pinhole cameras. Take a look at his unusual cameras and his beautiful photos by clicking here.
Loma Portal Elementary School in San Diego, California has a gallery of original pinhole photos. Click here to see what you can do with a paint can camera.
Read more about the science behind pinhole photography in The Science Explorer: Family Experiments from the World's Favorite Hands-On Science Museum by Pat Murphy, Ellen Klages and Linda Shore, staff at The Exploratorium.
