The only time I've ever tossed a camera is entirely by accident, but these photos are really neat! I'll have to see if I'm brave enough to toss mine around...
I can tell you from personal experience as I am sure many others can... even a little drop of a few inches, to the floor can damage a camera and be expensive in the repair dept. I wouldn't really recommend doing this unless you are willing to lose a camera.
Wild and different effects that are so brief they barely defy description or use.
Submitted by bobbyfozz on Thu, 05/28/2009 - 07:45.
There must be some rich blokes/blokesses out there if you can afford to risk dropping your cameras. Try sitting on a swing, going on fairground rides (waltzers are good) and see what your results are...
This is really neat!
I dont know how you get the wild colors?
We had a tiny disposible camera in a rocket that we set off in a local ball park for our grandson, and we triggered it to go off when the rocket was in the air.
The pictures didnt come out well, but with a digital camera, it would be fun to try again.
You sure have come up with a fun idea, I will perhaps get something set up for my grandsons for a school project with this.
Thanks.
There are some very funny comments posted, really enjoyable.
To state the obvious:
Bright lights can be achieved working with neon, etc.
Similar but more controlled effects are achieved by setting the shutter on a low speed and moving the camera and/or zooming a zoom lens while the shutter is open. It takes lots of experimenting and repetitions but won't make you appear stupid when you express remorse at the loss of an old friend.
Around 1976 or so, when Ralph Gibson was teaching a photography one-week master class for my workshop, Lightworks, in Minneapolis, he told us that when he had worked as a printer for Robert Frank, during a critique of his work, Frank said something like "Your work's too controlled. Loosen up. Photography is this simple!" and he threw his Leica up in the air, as the self-timer exposed a frame.
It's certain that wasn't the first time that Ralph told the story, nor the last. As to what that exposure captured: it's about the idea of letting-go in discovering one's personal path, not about the particular picture.
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Submitted by petergold on Tue, 12/01/2009 - 08:30.
Too cool
The only time I've ever tossed a camera is entirely by accident, but these photos are really neat! I'll have to see if I'm brave enough to toss mine around...
Scary
Looks like fun. Can I borrow your camera?
What price Art?
Just wondering if there's a camera graveyard somewhere? If so it would be a great place to snag spare camera parts.
cheap cameras?
I can tell you from personal experience as I am sure many others can... even a little drop of a few inches, to the floor can damage a camera and be expensive in the repair dept. I wouldn't really recommend doing this unless you are willing to lose a camera.
Wild and different effects that are so brief they barely defy description or use.
Very Cool
Very cool information. Thanks!
camera tossing
There must be some rich blokes/blokesses out there if you can afford to risk dropping your cameras. Try sitting on a swing, going on fairground rides (waltzers are good) and see what your results are...
This is really neat! I dont
This is really neat!
I dont know how you get the wild colors?
We had a tiny disposible camera in a rocket that we set off in a local ball park for our grandson, and we triggered it to go off when the rocket was in the air.
The pictures didnt come out well, but with a digital camera, it would be fun to try again.
You sure have come up with a fun idea, I will perhaps get something set up for my grandsons for a school project with this.
Thanks.
Smashing Cameras, the new rock band!
There are some very funny comments posted, really enjoyable.
To state the obvious:
Bright lights can be achieved working with neon, etc.
Similar but more controlled effects are achieved by setting the shutter on a low speed and moving the camera and/or zooming a zoom lens while the shutter is open. It takes lots of experimenting and repetitions but won't make you appear stupid when you express remorse at the loss of an old friend.
Camera tossing
Indeed you need to be brave, or rich...
Camera toss origins
Around 1976 or so, when Ralph Gibson was teaching a photography one-week master class for my workshop, Lightworks, in Minneapolis, he told us that when he had worked as a printer for Robert Frank, during a critique of his work, Frank said something like "Your work's too controlled. Loosen up. Photography is this simple!" and he threw his Leica up in the air, as the self-timer exposed a frame.
It's certain that wasn't the first time that Ralph told the story, nor the last. As to what that exposure captured: it's about the idea of letting-go in discovering one's personal path, not about the particular picture.
Regards,
___________________
Peter Gold
KnowHow ProServices
Wow! These are nice images.
Wow! These are nice images. I've done it once, my boyfriend used his cellphone to create lights but it was really not this great! Thanks for sharing.
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