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              Screen Shot 2012-10-16 at 11.14.43 PM
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              October 16, 2012
              Corey Melton

              “Camera Obscura” Flips The Outside World

              Photog Abelardo Morell has an incredible series called “Camera Obscura”. In short, he shoots with a pinhole camera in a pitch black room with a tiny aperture and very long exposure. Then, he essentially turns the room into a giant pinhole camera chamber by drilling a small hole in the wall next to the camera. The outside light then projects an upside down image on the wall being photographed. Awesome sauce! Enjoy!


              Screen Shot 2012 10 16 at 11.13.57 PM Camera Obscura Flips The Outside World

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              Screen Shot 2012 10 16 at 11.14.43 PM Camera Obscura Flips The Outside World

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              • http://profile.yahoo.com/EHWRNEYPHDXY7YIN436YVMPXLQ Miguel

                Anyone who admires his work should check out his movie called shadow of the house. He has to be in my top 5 most influential photographer. Just amazing!!

              • http://www.facebook.com/learmiller Lear Miller

                thats amazing
                 

              • Damien Thébault

                Why are the last images not upside-down ? Is it a different technique ?
                In addition, I assume that he didn’t drill holes in the walls but maybe just holes in cardboard covering the windows ?

              • http://www.jo-phil.de/ Jo und Phil

                I’d guess the images which aren’t upside down are photos that he projected through the hole. As you can see in the image with a tree the depth of field is too shallow for a pinhole camera.

              • tyrohne

                i assume only the first couple are camera obscura photos… the others look like projections 

              • http://www.facebook.com/people/Joey-Duncan/1111692326 Joey Duncan

                Ya I think this guys description is way off… Maybe the post doesn’t match the pictures like they were supposed to be two different articles? I see no pin holing (lol) just projection, the last image the projection is painting.

              • http://www.facebook.com/eduard.cesenov Eduard Cesenov

                http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxxIm8tX4qc

              • http://www.facebook.com/scott.syndergaard Scott Syndergaard

                All are camera obscura, though he does indeed cover the window in plastic rather than drilling a hole in the wall.  The reason the bottom photos are right side up is that he uses a prism to right the picture.  He also is known to use a lens to increase brightness and sharpness of the image.  Thought the last image does have a painting in it, you need to separate that from the projection.  The tree is painted in the room, the buildings are from the obscura.
                His official websitehttp://www.abelardomorell.net/photography/cameraobsc_01/cameraobsc_01.html

              • http://www.facebook.com/people/Tadeo-Velazquez/654866504 Tadeo Velazquez

                On his site Morrell explains that he uses a prism to correct the orientation of the images when projected. worth looking at his site ;)

              • Zack W.

                there was an episode of the tv show White Collar that demonstrated this technique recently, one of the coolest ways of shooting a photo I’ve seen in a while.

              • Gideon Sacks

                Any camera is essentially a projector, it projects light onto the sensor/film. In this case it is projecting light from outside onto the inside walls. The projection is made by a hole in the wall. Just imagine that the wall is the film/sensor.

              • Gideon Sacks

                *Just imagine that the inside wall is the film/sensor.

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