Monday, August 06, 2007

The Thing of the Moment's Guide to TtV: Through The Viewfinder Photography

Good morning SPK Gentle Viewers, today's lesson is on a little thing that the rest of the known photography world who knew about this before I did I like to call: Through the Viewfinder Photography and above is the Kodak DuaFlex II which is great to use because it's cheap and is common as house cats it has a GREAT viewfinder window that is all grainy and gritty and vintagey looking.
Said window with the flip top opened.

Which allows you to take photos like this.

The PROBLEM, according to purists are the reflections you see in the glass. Now the really pure purists consider THAT to be part of the deal and acceptable. The images in the viewfinder aren't put to film, so it's not violating some 'rule' to have them there. However people will go to great lengths to avoids them. They'll tape trash like milk cartons, cracker boxes, and Pringle's cans environmentally sound recycled and reused materials making a persiscope looking device which will NOT fit into a camera bag...

which brings us to....

2 comments:

  1. And here I thought that *all* of your photos were taken using this newfangled device!

    I will put this little baby on my Christmas-Hanukkah-Kwanza-Santa gift list!

    Do you think Becky can get this at Best Buy?

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  2. i have to try this with the lubitel

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