CAMERA

Louis Daguerre in 1839

Creating Your Own Camera

STEP 2
STEP 1
Use your scissors or craft knife to
Paint the removable lid of the
cut a matchbox-sized hold in the
canister completely black on both
bottom of the canister. Do your best
the inside and the outside.
to center this hole

STEP 3 STEP 4
Using the sewing needed, make a
Cut a piece of aluminum foil about
tiny hold in the middle of the sheet of
two times the size of the hole you
foil. Do NOT push the needle all the
just made.
way through—only go about halfway.
Otherwise, your hole will be too large.

STEP 5 STEP 6
Tape this piece of foil over the hold
To create the shutter, tape one side
you made in the canister with the
of your piece of black paper to the
pinhole centered. The only light that
side of the canister so that it creates
should shine through is from the
a flap that falls over the pinhole.
pinhole.

STEP 7
Go to a room that is completely dark when you're ready to load your
camera. If the room isn't dark, the film will be exposed and will be
ruined. Step 8: Place your photographic paper or film on the inside of
the canister.