solargraph Archives - DIY Photography

This is what a 10-million second long exposure photograph of the sun looks like

May 14, 2021 by John Aldred 2 Comments

Matthew Vandeputte is generally better known for his timelapse and hyperlapse work than his regular single image photography. But in this project, he decided to kind of merge the two, shooting what is essentially a timelapse in a single exposure that lasted for four months.

Of course, he didn’t use the digital cameras he typically shoots with to create this photo. Instead, Matthew used a process called solargraphy. It uses a pinhole camera and captures the movement of the sun and exposes the scene over a long period of time (4 months in this case) so that you can see how the sun moves through the sky each day, slowly building up the final result.

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A beer can pinhole camera captures 8-year’s worth of sunrises and sunsets

December 21, 2020 by Dunja Djudjic 2 Comments

Taking photos with a pinhole camera requires very long exposures. But how about eight years long exposure? Artist Regina Valkenborgh made a pinhole camera from a simple beer can and he took a solargraph that’s believed to be the longest exposure photo ever taken. The camera recorded the sun’s path across the sky for eight years, capturing nearly 3,000 sunrises and sunsets.

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Brighton and Hove Pride parade Drops Due To a Suspect Package Pinhole Camera

August 6, 2015 by Udi Tirosh 3 Comments

Earlier this week the Brighton and Hove Pride parade was stopped due to a suspicious package. You can understand the authorities for wanting to protect the 160,000 attendees and watches of the parade.

At first it was suspected that a suspicious looking object was left in the parade route intentionally to disrupt it, and a bomb disposal unit was called in to detonate the package in a controlled manner.

However the last reports suggest that the package was not suspicious at all, it was a pinhole camera.

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