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== Experiments == | == Experiments == | ||
Devise an experiment to test an assumption you had about the camera. | Devise an experiment to test an assumption you had about the camera. (suggested by Barend) | ||
Think about what you want to explore in making a camera. | Think about what you want to explore in making a camera. (suggested by Mathijs) | ||
Today I jotted down this phrase, ''analog as meditation''. | |||
Consider the actions associated with using an analog camera: | |||
You '''load''' the film and '''wind''' it in place. With a viewfinder, you You '''set''' the aperture, shutter speed, iso (more or less). You '''press''' the shutter button. | |||
You '''notice''' how much film is left. | |||
When you are at the end of the film, you '''rewind''' it. | |||
If you have access to a dark room, you '''develop''' the film. (This is a process I don't know anything about yet, so I can't break down the actions.) | |||
Now consider the actions of a digital camera: | |||
You '''turn on''' the machine (or maybe you '''check''' the batteries and memory cards beforehand). If you are on auto focus, you '''half-press''' the shutter button. You probably '''perceive''' a focus through the viewfinder/on the camera screen as you '''hear''' a beep indicating the focus is done. You '''press''' the shutter button. | |||
You '''take''' the memory card out at the end of a trip, or until it fills up... | |||
You '''transfer''' the files. | |||
TBC | |||
Revision as of 23:31, 18 September 2018
Making a Camera
Deconstruct to define "the optical device"
What is seeing?
- internalizing - intuition - feeling
What is representing?
Discussions on the Camera
Terms:
- film - cinema - moving image - motion picture - video
Questions:
How does the camera shape what you make?
"Digital makes me want to shoot very sharp." (Sonia)
"When I make pictures I don't care if they are sharp or not." (Marieke)
shape of the camera
position of the viewfinder
- Is the viewfinder a division between you and the world?
- Sometimes the world is full of people. Sometimes, trees.
- How has it been to be without a viewfinder?
sound of the camera
weight of the camera
- "Carrying that at 6am in London in February. No more of that!" (Susanna)
"Where does the camera begin and where does it end?"
Discussions on the (Moving) Image
"When you reduce the amount of information, does it become more poetic?"
If we define information as FPS...
Experiments
Devise an experiment to test an assumption you had about the camera. (suggested by Barend)
Think about what you want to explore in making a camera. (suggested by Mathijs)
Today I jotted down this phrase, analog as meditation.
Consider the actions associated with using an analog camera:
You load the film and wind it in place. With a viewfinder, you You set the aperture, shutter speed, iso (more or less). You press the shutter button.
You notice how much film is left.
When you are at the end of the film, you rewind it.
If you have access to a dark room, you develop the film. (This is a process I don't know anything about yet, so I can't break down the actions.)
Now consider the actions of a digital camera:
You turn on the machine (or maybe you check the batteries and memory cards beforehand). If you are on auto focus, you half-press the shutter button. You probably perceive a focus through the viewfinder/on the camera screen as you hear a beep indicating the focus is done. You press the shutter button.
You take the memory card out at the end of a trip, or until it fills up...
You transfer the files.
TBC