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I know I missed #WPPD, but #ProjectPinhole continues regardless. Today in the #GuerillaDarkroom, I developed two prints from my shoebox camera and tried out my new bigger table and more reliable safelight. Below are the scanned inverted paper negatives and in the comments are photos of the prints.
Scanned negative of a landscape a wooded area opens up onto a glade. Looking down a cinder block retaining wall that divides the parking lot with several cars from a row of condominiums with a patch of grass in front of them.
April 27, 2026 at 9:36 PM
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The scanned paper negative from my shoebox #pinhole camera (left) versus the contact print I made from that paper negative (right). Which do you prefer? Suggestions as to how I might have altered things (other than the framing which obviously needs work)?
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The scanned paper negative from my pinhole camera. The image is of a scene beside my building. In the foreground is the utility box on which I sat the camera. In the background is a lawn, trees, a building, and a fence line. This is an iPhone photo of the contact print of the paper negative from my pinhole camera. The image is of a scene beside my building. In the foreground is the utility box on which I sat the camera. In the background is a lawn, trees, a building, and a fence line.
April 24, 2026 at 3:12 PM
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#ProjectPinhole is pictures! It took a lot of trial and error to get the contact printing method and developing right, but I sorted it. Many lessons learned and things I will be doing differently moving forward. A thread…
Two 8x10 contact prints hanging to dry under a shop light.
April 24, 2026 at 12:37 AM
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OMG, y’all! #ProjectPinhole is WORKING! My first paper negative is hanging to dry. I couldn’t wait to rip into the delivery from B&H and get to shooting and developing. And did I develop in #Caffenol? You bet your sweet patootie I did! This is just wild! I have never actually done this before!
A folding table set up in a space under the stairs just outside my condo that I have co-opted for the purposes of a darkroom. I made it light-tight. On the table are developing trays and tongs, a paper safe, a safelight, and containers of chemistry, all illuminated by a shoplight. An 8x10 paper negative hanging to dry under a shop light in my Guerilla Darkroom. The negative is of a scene just outside of my building. I accidentally crimped the paper removing it from the developing tray. Ooops!
April 23, 2026 at 10:25 PM