Re: lesson plan

Lisa
In the pinhole section that I teach, I start them on small simple cameras
made from plastic film cans (all black with a 1/4" hole drilled in the side)
and paper negatives. The students make their own pinhole at a specific size
which is taped over the 1/4" hole, and I give them precut the paper so things
are standardized. I use the throw away aluminum pie plates or broiler pans
for the 1" pinhole blanks. Coke can material is pretty hard and students have
had problems drilling the holes using needles. Once they have made the camera
and had some success with it, we move on to more individualized cameras of
their own design. The reason I start them that way is because having to work
out construction and exposure problems for fifteen or sixteen different sized
cameras/pinholes before they have a grasp of the basics leads to frustration
for all.

Happy Trails,
Kurt Norlin
Received on Tue Mar 27 16:43:28 2001