Camera tossing
Camera litter or camera tossing (also camera toss ) is a technique of photography . The camera is thrown into the air and the image is created in flight.
background
The result is the idea of "thrown Camera" ( English Tossed Camera ) presumably due to the initially very long shutter lag older digital cameras . It was jokingly said: “You can trigger the [camera], throw it in the air, catch it - and still have enough time for the photo.” In some cases, in which this was tried, pictures should actually have been taken. This is how a new design medium in photography has emerged, which can lead to appealing light paintings when the camera is rotating. Ryan Gallagher from Textas is said to have invented this form of photography, so that it spread from the USA, Colombia and Ecuador via Portugal to England and Germany. It started with a fit of anger, from which Gallagher threw his camera, which once again did not work as it should, the device unceremoniously into the air. Now this triggered and since Gallagher liked the resulting picture, he founded a new genre: the camera throw.
techniques
The camera is released at the last moment when throwing it up or via the self-timer . According to the Association of the Photo Industry, this technology works with any camera that is equipped with a self-timer. Small, lightweight cameras are better suited. Alternatively, similar effects can also be achieved with a quick rotary movement. When taking night shots with long exposure , the camera's own movement creates images with light paths often circled into one another. However, recordings can also be made in daylight. The attraction then lies more in the unusual shooting perspective, here one does not work with long exposure, but with the self-timer or multiple shots. You can press the self-timer and throw the camera up. Depending on which effect is to be achieved, it is thrown straight up or set in a rotation. A disadvantage with daylight photos is the blurring of the photos. It is recommended not to use the flash or to switch the function off. Another alternative is to attach the camera to a string and let it swing like a pendulum.
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literature
- Kevin Meredith: 52 photographic projects: Creative photo work for experimental visual artists. MITP-Verlag, Heidelberg / Munich / Landsberg / Frechen / Hamburg 2011, ISBN 978-3-8266-9121-8 , pp. 265-267 (reading sample, books.google.de ).
- BILD - The big hit - The new photo pass: camera tossing. In: Photo magazine. No. 8, August 2007, p. 18 ISSN 0340-6660 ( fotomagazin.de ).
- Chris Gatcum: Creative Photography. Ilex Press, London 2009, ISBN 978-1-905814-61-9 .
Web links
- Throw away the camera February 10, 2006, photoscala.de
- Kinetic photography: Kamerawerfer exhibits in Hamburg. In: Spiegel Online
- Flickr photos tagged with cameratossing
- Lots of big litters August 17th, 2012 sueddeutsche.de
- Camera Toss - HowTo / Instructions cameratossing.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Photo tip Camera Tossing - with a lot of luck, a big hit. In: Stiftung Warentest (Ed.): Test No. 1, 2007 ( test.de ).
- ↑ Imke Schridde: Unpredictable Photos - Ryan Gallagher Makes Camera Tossing Popular April 10, 2006, deutschlandfunkkultur.de.
- ↑ «Camera Tossing»: Every throw can be the last. 2006, 20min.ch.
- ↑ The big hit: "Camera Tossing". In: Frankfurter Rundschau. August 5, 2010 ( fr.de ).