Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Assessment Criteria
Design
O Your camera can close to seal the interior space from light without requiring lots of tape.
O The material or object you are making your camera from has been clearly considered to enable the camera to
function easily.
Craft
O You have demonstrated careful and efficient use of scissors, exacto-knives, tape (black and masking tape), spray
paint, and other building materials to make your pinhole camera.
O Your pinhole camera has been built to be strong, durable, and sturdy. You have addressed any structural
weaknesses as best as possible.
O Your camera demonstrates care and craft in its construction. You have invested time in the camera’s overall
appearance.
Comments:
Comments:
DESIGN
O Your final pinhole negative/positive represents a wide range of value. There is high contrast in the
negative/positive so that the darkest darks and lightest whites are included.
O The negative/positive is crisp and clear and includes a strong depth of field. There is evidence that the camera was
held still while exposing.
PRESENTATION
O You have carefully and cleanly organized and taped each exposure into your sketchbook.
O You have carefully trimmed your negative and positive to be the same size, and have elegantly mounted the two
images next to one another.
O Your final negative/positive shows evidence of understanding the darkroom printing process. The final print
is free of dirt marks, chemical stains, or other unwanted processing marks.
Comments:
What did you enjoy most about making your pinhole photographs? Why?
What was the most challenging part of making these pinhole photographs? Why was it challenging?
What is the most fascinating or intriguing thing you’ve learned about the science/history of photography from this unit?
Why does it interest you so much?
What have you learned about your own process of making photographs through this unit?