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| O.K. you may not believe it, but this dose work. You can take a picture with a box! Just follow the directions below MATERIALS: scissors, exact-o, poster board, black tape, strapping tape, scotch tape, photographic paper, ruler, pencil, a thin metal bracket, and a pin. Oh yeah, you need access to a darkroom. Dektol (developer), stop bath, and fixer. The darkroom should supply them. Step #1: You must be exact! Very, Very, Very, EXACT! Mark four 4x4-inch boxes that are connected. On the last one to the right side, put another 4x4 box on top. On the top of the top box, put a flap, about 1 inch high, with slanted edges. Put another flap on the right side of the bottom-right box. Two more, One on top of the far left, and the second in two from the right. The end result should look like an "L", with 3 boxes making up the back, and one sticking out of the front. The flaps will be on the bottom of the back, pointing down. Another sticking out of the end of the "L", the other two should point the same way as the leg. This is your bottom Step #2: You should do the same thing for the bottom, however, if you use poster, you might want to extend the size of the boxes to 4 and 1/8” 4 and 1/8”. If you don't try 4 and 1/16” by 4 and 1/16”. The pattern is otherwise the same. This is your top. Step #3: You should then cut out the patterns, and assemble them. “Scoring” the lines that divide the boxes does this. That means you slide the exact-o knife down the lines, but DO NOT cut all the way through! You only want to cut deep enough so that you can fold the boxes easily. Step #4: You then want to fold the boxes so they are cubes, but with one side missing. Put the folds INSIDE the boxes, and glue them in place. Then put strapping tape (the kind with the lines in it) over all the corners and edges. Put black tape over the strapping tape, so no light can get in, if it dose, your pictures will be ruined. Step #5: Now you take your bracket, which is a small thin piece of metal, and poke a hole in it. To do this you should take your pin, and stick it in the eraser of a pencil. The pin should not be to big, or too much light will get in your camera. Once you can stick the pin all the way through the hole, you should sand both sides, or your picture will be distorted. Step #6: Trace your bracket on both the top and the bottom pieces. Cut out those pieces, but remember to make the hole in the bottom smaller so your bracket won’t get through. The holes should line up, so that when you put the top over the bottom they overlap. Step #7: Attach the bracket to the inside of the bottom piece, and attach it with black tape, but be careful not to cover the pinhole. You should also make a door with black tape for the front. Hint: you want to be able to open and close it quickly and easily. Step #8: YOU MUST DO THIS IN A DARKROOM. Cut a piece of photographic paper to fit in you box. Tape it in the back, on the bottom, shinny side facing the hole. Put the top over the bottom, making sure it is lined up correctly, close the flap, and go out to shot. Step #9: Your subject should be about 8 feet from you and you should open your camera for about 10-12 seconds, depending on the time of day, the amount of light and the size of your pinhole. The sun should also be at your back. Hint: You may have to try several times before you perfect your ability. Step #10: You now should develop your pictures. Again, you should do this in a darkroom. First drop it in the developer for one minute, although you should take it out at about 50 seconds, and let it drip for 10 seconds. Then you should put it in the stop bath for 10 seconds and then the fixer for 2 minutes. You must do the steps in order, and the times must be right. You have now got your negative. Hint: Try to remember 1, 10, and 2. One minutes, 10 seconds, and 2 minutes. Problems? Check below Step #11: To get your positive, your going to need an enlarger. Put a piece of photo. Paper; face up, under your negative, face down. Put a piece of glass on top of the papers, and shine the enlarger on them. You do this for a few seconds, but you will need find out the correct time. After your done, you develop it the same way you did the negatives. Step #12: Enjoy your picture, you took it with a box. Problems continued All black = too much light. Exposed to long or there is a hole in your camera All white = too little light. Not exposed long enough. White spots = developer did not reach the entire photo. Half White = there is a shadow over the camera opening. Try making a bigger opening in the top box. Distorted = you did not sand your opening, or there is dust in your pinhole. Out of focus = your too close, you need to move back To dark = your too far away from subject, move up. |
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