I started thinking about and working on version I of my Time-Lapse Pinhole Camera around December 2008. It was a low-cost, all weather camera, that opened and closed by itself (in theory). To reduce the likelihood of tampering and to provide protection from rain and wind the housing mimicked a nestbox in appearance. Complete with large front portal which allowed the camera mechanism inside to peer out and observe the scene. Made from a cheap alarm clock and toy cogs, the shutter was simply a piece of card rotating in front of a film canister pinhole camera. The photograph A Month Of Nights, (2009) was taken with the Mark I.

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Film canister pinhole camera attached to the side of alarm clock (reverse view). Copyright Anthony Carr

Film canister pinhole camera attached to the side of alarm clock (front view). Camera just visible behind card shutter. Copyright Anthony Carr

Mark I mechanism disguised inside a wooden nestbox. (Nestbox in situ in Campbell Park, Milton Keynes in 2009) Copyright Anthony Carr