Pinholes and puddles

Tried cyanotypes in the back garden: paper coated the night before, contact printed from negatives enlarged onto transparency film, ten minutes in direct sun. Rinsed in the kitchen sink and dipped in weak tea for a warmer tone. Very forgiving process and nobody minds if the edges are messy.

My nephew and I made a pinhole camera out of a biscuit tin, a drinks can and a lot of black tape. Photo paper as the negative, exposures of around ninety seconds in daylight. The results are soft and wonky and he thinks they are the best photographs ever taken. He might be right.