The Art of Photography :: The Camera Obscura

In this episode, we explore the basics of how a camera works by looking at the Camera Obscura - a model dating back to the 4th Century in Greece.

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Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• art
• camera
• darkroom
• lighting
• obscura
• photography
• podcast

[whenak]

Muslims were the founders of camera obsucars by the way

[jtomanthony]

What about that tracing tool, it looks like a protractor? Only the pointing end is dull and traces the image lines on a piece of paper, while the pencil end transposes the image onto a blank piece of paper. Depending on the distance between the two feet, determines the size of the image transposed. What is the name of that thing? I think Matel used to have one in the spirograph toy kit.

[sons4hymn]

Epic! great help in homework! >_<

[bucketforacrown]

@SuperKnockout10

tape garbage bags or black posters onto the windows in a room and cut a hole, make sure the room is dark and as no light coming from any where but the hole in the window, then take a digital camera and take pictures of what appears onto the opposite wall

[SuperKnockout10]

So how do i take the physical picture then. I have seen Pictures of Rooms with pictures upside down in a room. So i wanted to try and do this. Please help!

[Homemadestuff101]

cool!!



[ietekoeke]

top!

[phuntshok88]

I like it...its perfect...keep up dude!!