This week I constructed a Camera Obscura using old Amazon boxes, duct tape, tracing paper, and a 4 inch 4X magnification. I then went into the woods on the property and took pictures of the tree's and deer bones.
Taking the pictures was not easy because you had to balance the camera in one hand and then focus the image on the tracing paper and THEN you have to get your phone into position to take the picture ALL while keeping the subject in the frame. In case you don't know using a Camera Obscura results in the image on the focus plane (tracing paper) being upside down and reversed. Then with the bright sunshine, I used a thick towel to act as a drape to reduce the light coming into the camera from the back - where the photographer is looking. It's a very odd balancing act.
Here are some of the pictures I took.
And IF you want to learn more about how the Renissance Masters used pin hole cameras, mirrors and the like here is a link to a great documentary of how they figure out that they were! It's from the BBC - David Hockney's Secret Knowledge
https://youtu.be/R-0UXBcjlRY?si=oGqCtXlr9dDPTv5dyoutu.be/R-0UXBcjlRY?si=oGqCtXlr9dDPTv5d
Taking the pictures was not easy because you had to balance the camera in one hand and then focus the image on the tracing paper and THEN you have to get your phone into position to take the picture ALL while keeping the subject in the frame. In case you don't know using a Camera Obscura results in the image on the focus plane (tracing paper) being upside down and reversed. Then with the bright sunshine, I used a thick towel to act as a drape to reduce the light coming into the camera from the back - where the photographer is looking. It's a very odd balancing act.
Here are some of the pictures I took.
And IF you want to learn more about how the Renissance Masters used pin hole cameras, mirrors and the like here is a link to a great documentary of how they figure out that they were! It's from the BBC - David Hockney's Secret Knowledge
https://youtu.be/R-0UXBcjlRY?si=oGqCtXlr9dDPTv5dyoutu.be/R-0UXBcjlRY?si=oGqCtXlr9dDPTv5d