The 2007 CK Camera Give Away Winners
Of Three CK Custom Made Lavazza Espresso Can
Pinhole Cameras are:

Camera No. 12 Goes to Tom with No.11
Congrats Tom! (Signal Hill, California)

Camera No. 74 Goes to Balázs with No.74
Congrats Balazs! (This camera is excited to be going to Hungary!)

Camera No. 57 goes to Sophie
I should mention there was tie on the last remaining camera,
between Sophie (50 & 59 on her second guess)
and Wes (64 & 60 on his second guess)

I want to start by saying thank you to all of you who submitted numbers and inspirational quotes. My goal is to create a number of homemade pinhole cameras to be given away on chriskeeney.com every year. I hope to spread the love pinhole photography as well as inspire others to create their own pinhole cameras and photos. If all goes as planned, I will post a new camera give away, in February, which is two months before the Worldwide Pinhole Photography Day. (Sunday April 29th, 2007).

I recommend using Ilford Multi Grade Fiber Base Paper. It fits nice and snug in the camera and makes great archival paper negatives. It takes a little longer to wash when you develop it in Dektol, but it's worth it in the end. You can cut down on your washing times too, by using Orbit Bath (a little goes a long way too).

Keep in mind that no two pinholes are created the same size, but I find the average daylight exposure for most of my Lavazza Espresso Can Pinhole cameras is between 2-4 minutes. Also keep in mind that photographic paper has an ISO of about 3, so find subject matter that doesn't have "harsh" lighting. Since you're dealing with paper that has a really slow ISO and a tiny aperture of the pinhole (between 200-300 microns), "slowlight" (light that enters the pinhole with a slow steady frequency) is the only kind of light for this camera.

You also may want to try attaching a laser drilled pinhole to the outside of the camera. If you weight the camera down (I use a brick and a small cloth rag), you can get some really sharp looking images with amazing detail. You can buy these laser drilled pinholes from a number of places, but Iike the folks over at Lennox Laser and they've always been very kind when I call asking stupid questions.

Thanks again to all of you that participated and I hope to see you next year for the next pinhole camera give away.

Here's a few pinhole photogaphy resouces that may be helpful with your photo endeavors

Pinhole Visions (The Art of Pinhole Photography)
The Pinhole Resource
Worldwide Pinhole Photography Day (This year: Sunday, April 29th 2007)
f295 (The Art of Lensless Imaging and the Craft of Alternative Photographic Processes)
Pinhole Visions (The Art of Pinhole Photography)
Pinhole Pools On Flickr >Pinhole >PinHolga >Homemade Pinhole >MintyCam >polaroid pinhole >Matchbox Pinhole
Slowlight (Pinhole photography by Katie Cooke)
The Photon Detector (Photography by Nicolai Morrisson)
The Pinhole Gallery ()
The Pinhole Photography Webring (Pinhole Resource)
Pinhole Photography (A Guidebook For Teachers) By N.C. Dvoracek

Thanks again, and hope to see you all again next year. Until then, happy pinholing! -Chris