Process of Camera Obscura in Class

Blog Entry No 5
Tutor: Ms. Scicluna
Date Uploaded: 02/11/15


During class, the exercise was to invent a tiny camera obscura with items that can be used on a daily basis. The items of material that the exercise required were:

- A long/short can of Pringles/ or a box
- Tape
- Scissors
- Something pointy to make a small pin hole
- tracing paper

The Process and Images

- The first step was to pin a small hole for a small trace of light will emerge through it.
- Cut a piece of tracing paper and adjust it to the inner side of the can or box and stick the ends of the tracing paper to the inner of the can or box.
- Hold in both hands and cup hands on the opened part of the can or box to see the image that is projecting onto the tracing paper.
- The image that appears onto the tracing paper that would be upside down.

(Another activity that was combined with the small camera obscura, which making the classroom as a large camera obscura with blacked out windows and door, creating a pin sized hole to let the projection of the other side of the black paper to reflect upside down on another black paper placed in front of the small pinned hole.
The room that this activity had taken place was all black out with pieces of black paper to prevent light coming in.)

Images of Result  and Reflection 

When I saw the final result on the black piece of black, I was surprised that something had appeared. I thought they projection was upright at first, but then I looked closer finding that the image is upside down. The horizontal line is at the top of the image which looks like it's a framed piece of image, with the silhouette out trees outlining the edges. In the center, the sky is visible and one can see the clouds clearing and stand out of the whole image.

On the left-hand side, there appears to be a shape that has features of a face, which looks like an illusion.