Pinhole Photography: The Basics of Building a Camera, Darkroom, & Developing

Pinhole Photography is a magical process that can engage students from elementary to high school. Students will learn that just about anything can be turned into a pinhole camera and about the wonders of developing their own photograph in a day and age when everything is instantaneous.

This pack includes everything you need to get your own pinhole camera built, a darkroom set up, a contact printer built, and how to develop your own pictures. There are no specifics on projects to incorporate into the classroom (this will be added to my TPT soon!), but everything else you need to get your photo lab set up is right here.

All in all this pack includes:

➣Instructions on how to make a pinhole camera from a paint can

➣Instructions on setting up a darkroom

➣How to test whether or not your camera is light tight

➣Instructions on building a contact printer

➣How to use the contact printer

➣How to develop a photograph and a supply list

➣General notes on pinhole photography in you classroom

➣A class log for using pinhole cameras

➣An individual log for using a pinhole camera

Other than chemicals used to develop and light sensitive paper, all of the supplies used in this pack are things that can be found at your local hardware store!

Coming soon: An in-depth lesson pack that includes everything here plus PowerPoints, pinhole photography projects, lesson plan, adaptions for all three education levels (elementary, middle, and high), rubrics, and more!

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