camera obscura
Can You Make Your Own Camera? Absolutely! Here Are Some Ideas
Jul 6, 2026
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
You can make your own camera. What’s even better, you can make simpler ones with stuff that’s already lying around your house. A camera, at its core, is simple: a light-proof box, a tiny hole to let light in, and something to catch the image – that’s it.
This man turned his house into a giant pinhole camera
Aug 16, 2024
Alex Baker
It doesn’t take much to create a pinhole camera. You can pretty much make one out of anything that is light proof, from teddy bears…
We tested BonfotonUP, a gadget that turns your room into an upright camera obscura
May 21, 2022
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
Have you ever tried turning your room into a camera obscura? It’s a simple and super-fun project that lets the view of the outside world…
Photographers turn empty building into a camera obscura to create epic large format photos of London
Jan 13, 2022
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
UK photographer Brendan Barry can turn pretty much any object into a camera obscura: from a camper to an entire skyscraper floor. This time, he…
This DIY large format digital camera obscura shoots the most beautiful photographs
Aug 19, 2021
John Aldred
The lure of large format photography attracts many. Relatively few can justify the cost of pursuing it, though. Even 4×5 sheet film gets pretty expensive,…
This window adapter turns your room into an upright camera obscura
Aug 11, 2021
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
There are a few DIY ways to turn your room into a camera obscura, or you can use an adapter for it. But wouldn’t it…
Watch: How to shoot and develop color photos with a camera obscura at home
Feb 16, 2021
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
British photographer Brendan Barry is well-known for his camera obscura projects. He has taken photos with a camper-camera, container-camera, and plenty more. And during the…
Photographers turn their homes into cameras to portray life during coronavirus times
May 12, 2020
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
While staying at home, many photographers turned their houses and flats into studios. In fact, some of them even turned them into cameras! Brazilian photographer…
Here’s how to turn your boring garden shed into a working camera obscura with a darkroom
Apr 28, 2020
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
UK-based photographer Brendan Barry has turned quite a lot of places into giant cameras obscurae. He’s now in isolation like most of us, so even…
How to turn your bedroom into a camera obscura – and take photos with it
Mar 24, 2020
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
Photographer Brendan Barry has turned some huge objects into cameras. He started with a $200 camper, then used a shipping container, and finally turned an…