Capture the Light

Capture the Light 

For this action project we studied light and it relationship between waves, particles and energy. We proved the theory's we  studied in class through and activity were we created pinhole cameras. We took an FE to the Latin School to test are pinhole cameras and develop are photos in there dark room. We also got to experiment with the process of  developing a photo-gram. This then lead to the study of  triangles and that is how photos are taken and flipped upside-down when the light hits them. In the dark room there were different chemical stations that you would wash your film for various amounts of time. When it came to rinsing the photo-grams once they were done being washed we put the pictures through a special photo dryer. Something we did not have to do with the other film photos that were taken with my pinhole camera. we also got a chance to use real cameras to take pictures of candy with different color backgrounds. This help us figure out what things we should add and change to are pin holes to make them efficient.

How a Pin-hole Camera Works

A pinhole camera uses a tin or box that is all the way light proof meaning the inside is coated with black paper, paint and or paper and this allows the device to be like proof. There's a tiny pinhole poke on the side of the device with a reflective surface this allows the camera to capture light. But you must make sure that you have a cover otherwise like and get in and will ruin your film before you're ready to shoot your photo. My pinhole device shows how you do not want reflection that is why the inside is solid black so that no light is bouncing around when it should just be focusing on the field.

GCE 2016 pin-hole camera 

GCE 2016 pin-hole camera 

Math Portion 

 The reason why the inside of the camera cannot be white paper inside is because of some basic principles relating to light energy as a particle and a wave. When the light waves hit the pinhole the transfer into particles that are left behind on the film. When it comes to proportions of your pinhole camera you have to be very precise. Because you don't want to have your photo paper be too close to far from the pinhole, my measurement from lens to photo paper was 9 cm the height of the pinhole was a .5 cm the head of the object was 10 cm. this creates the shape of the similar triangle. In the image below you can learn how to calculate similar triangles.

GCE 2016 Solving similar triangles  

 Conclusion 

I would have made my pin-hole camera out of a box instead of a tin so I could have a place to put my film. I also would have taken my pictures for a shorter amount of time. I also would have liked to bring in a more simple so that even when the photos did not come out the way or as clearly as we wanted i could better see what basic shapes the camera could capture. Something else so keep in mind while creating these cameras is when making them light proof triple check because even though I thought I thought I made it light proof still a little light was able to seep in some how and that ruined my second photo. But I have to say that over all this was a very fun way to study light and make art.