Induction week

Pinhole Photography

28/09/10

As part of my induction week I had two creative group exercises. The first one I did was to create a pinhole camera using a 500ml can. I cut off the top of the can and made a lid using black paper, this had to be completely sealed from any gaps using tape so no light could enter the can and ruin the photograph. I used a needle to pierce a hole and used a simple piece of black tape to cover it, for the shutter. When I was in the darkroom I removed the lid and curved the light-sensitive paper into the can, making sure the paper did not cover over the hole. I went out and attempted to capture part of the Arboretum by the Waverley building. I peeled off the tape which covered the hole and waited 8 seconds before putting it back on, but I think I must have counted it far too quickly as I ended up with just a small section of grey from the trees with the rest of the image white. This is obviously disappointing but I found it fun anyway. I've never done pinhole photography before and I would quite like to it again.

My terrible first attempt

Close up of the only thing that came out, I think it's part of the trees.

Whiteboard Animation

29/09/10

This is the second group exercise I did and enjoyed this one the most. I have done some drawn animation before but I found using a whiteboard so much easier! you don't have to keep tracing it each time or use lots of paper, you can just work on one surface and easily rub anything out. Every time something was drawn we captured it with the camera, drawing the characters in a slightly different position each time. It was really good to watch it back, seeing everything move.