Pinhole photography totally relies on the use of the camera with the traditional glass lens that marked the beginning and the evolution of photo shooting as such. All the present day accomplishments of the photographic art are somehow rooted in the discovery of the pinhole camera. Unlike our modern cameras, pinhole photography required a longer time of exposure since the image capturing process depended a lot on the aperture and the light focusing. If we go back in time it is more than just wonderful to discover that the first germs of pinhole photography appeared in the Greek antiquity around the year 500 B.C.

The discovery of the way the light traveled inside an enclosed dark space with a small hole in it led to the appearance of the dark room that represents the technological criterion for the working of pinhole photography and the use of modern cameras too. The very essence of pinhole photography depends on the size of the hole that lets the light in. the smaller the pinhole, the clearer the picture. The ideal pinhole is the perfectly round one, made in thin pieces of material so that the light may pass through without the edges of the hole affecting the quality of the image.

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