Comments on: “Camera Obscura” Flips The Outside World

By: Gideon Sacks

Gideon Sacks — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 13:38:00 +0000

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

By: Gideon Sacks

Gideon Sacks — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 13:37:00 +0000

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.

By: Zack W.

Zack W. — Wed, 17 Oct 2012 18:53:00 +0000

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.

By: Tadeo Velazquez

Tadeo Velazquez — Wed, 17 Oct 2012 17:12:00 +0000

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

By: Scott Syndergaard

Scott Syndergaard — Wed, 17 Oct 2012 16:36:00 +0000

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

By: Eduard Cesenov

Eduard Cesenov — Wed, 17 Oct 2012 16:31:00 +0000

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

By: Joey Duncan

Joey Duncan — Wed, 17 Oct 2012 16:24:00 +0000

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.

By: tyrohne

tyrohne — Wed, 17 Oct 2012 12:26:00 +0000

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

By: Jo und Phil

Jo und Phil — Wed, 17 Oct 2012 11:43:00 +0000

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.

By: Damien Thébault

Damien Thébault — Wed, 17 Oct 2012 07:38:00 +0000

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 ?