Steve Rago

Steve Rago is a professional pinhole photographer. I like his work because it looks very amateur because he moves it half way through the aperture. I like that effect because it gives a mysterious, and spooky feeling. Click here to go to his website and view his work.

Pinhole Photography

As a class we took a trip to Gallery 44 for a pinhole photography workshop. I enjoyed my time at Gallery 44 because I got two of my best pictures there. I also enjoyed it because it reminded me of when I took a black & white camp and we did our developing in the same black room. At the workshop we had to make a camera out of a tin, black tape, a tart container, and black spray paint.

A pinhole camera works because even though the hole in the tin is so small (3/4 of a millimeter) this works as the aperture. The black tape would work as the shutter. The light goes through the little hole when you remove the tape the light starts coming in. Some pinhole cameras use an exposure of months, but most are only for a less usually thirty seconds to five minutes. Next you take it into the dark room and develop it in all the different chemicals for different times.

I learned that really anything could be a camera for example our instructor told us some one has used fruit, suitcases, and even cars! Overall i found the trip very exciting and I would like to try other types of photography using a black room.

View Of Gallery 44 Parkinglot

Warped Car

Wall With Door