More fun with improvised optics. This is my son playing drums. The camera is a Helix cigar box about four inches deep. The "lens" is a credit-card sized pocket Fresnel magnifier (like this). The diaphrahm (black construction paper) has a circular aperture about half an inch in diameter (~f/8). I exposed this for thirty seconds onto Ilford RC multigrade paper. Developed in Ilford chemicals.
The camera was suspended from my basement ceiling. The only lighting was a fluorescent overhead lamp (right beside the camera).
He played a swing rhythm for me and ended with a flourish.
Thank you for all the great comments. This is now the most commented on of all my portfolio shots.
So cool. What an interesting camera. How did you learn to make it? Is it a pinhole?
The photo is so intriguing and yet so familiar. Great perspective from above and I love how blurry it is.
A unique concept and very well done. I think you have to have an inventive mind to create something like this. Why don't you see what you can do with green energy?
Considering the process that you describe, I would say very creative. Also the choice of subject and composition elements are wonderful. Only thing I don't see I would not figure out without reading your description, is figure of your son (blurred of course).
You captured to intensity of the drums, and the general intoxication of a strong rhythm. Great work. I like the x-ray like image of his right arm against the drum!
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