February 11, 2013
around the world in 80th of a second
2/11/13
Two things:
First, I got Tessa the Lomography Spinner 360º camera for Mother's Day last year, and because it uses ACTUAL FILM, we saw some of the pictures it took six months after they were taken, just like the good old days of our childhood.
The camera itself is a weird little beast - you load the film, then pull the string as if you were making a talking doll speak. Then, if you're an idiot, you don't keep your pulling finger out of frame. Which makes you look like this (click for bigger):
We tried one over dinner with almost no light, giving us the exquisite Annie, Chip, Lars, Tessa, Laura (and me) in glorious grainy abstraction:
If you're thinking more 360º experiments are in order, then you're my kinda thinker.
Oh, and secondly, go see Tessa's awesome article about crazy incarceration at HuffPo!
Could you use the 360 for wedding pictures? Gather everyone around in a circle and let it fly? Do they make a remote control?
The 360 does mount on a standard tripod, and there is a motorized remote for it:
http://microsites.lomography.com/spinner-360/motorizer
...although I'm sure you could accomplish the same thing with a long string, as long as you don't yank down the whole tripod. Also, it's a bit finicky and I'd try it several times for any important pictures - but it's totally fun.
This is great. I have always been fascinated by photographic methods that capture more than the eye can see, like those long scrolled photos of people all neatly lined up from family reunions in days of yore. Perhaps that kind of documentation has some life in it yet.
By the way, have you been following the photographic journal of Commander Chris Hadfield on twitter or facebook? His socially networked photo documentation of the earth from the international space station has been a lovely antidote to the dull cares of winter.
ally- that is a great find. Sometimes I wish we had full-screen projection of all great internet images.
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