My first project was taking a picture of myself using a can with a very little hole in it. I set up my can and taped the top lid with electrical tape so light wouldn't enter through it. I picked a random place in the room where nobody was at and set my can atop one of the tables, angling the can towards me. I tried to settle myself in a comfortable position, kneeling on the ground, and when I was ready I opened the electrical tape on the tiny hole to let light in the can. Even though I had been warned, I smiled in the picture which I soon found out was quite difficult. The exposure time was 2 minutes and 36 seconds, and that is a long time to keep smiling for!
I wanted to be creative, and my idea was halfway through that exposure time to move my head to the other side so that it would look like I had two heads coming out of my one body. I completely moved my body so that didn't work and instead created a ghostly aspect. I actually like the way that looks now because if you look closely, the "ghost" of me looks like it is peeking over my shoulder. I also really like the background because of the perspective point the cabinets create. It looks like they go on forever and is my favorite element of the picture. Overall, I was quite pleased with my first picture in photography class which was taken using a "canera."
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| Taken: 9.14.10 This is the inverted image using Photoshop. |
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| The negative image. |
