The chair.

I finally finished it! About a year ago I came up with the idea of making a chair out of cans. At first, the idea was to make the entire chair out of cans only. Then I discovered the existence of  “recycle design”. I learned how designers make the most beautiful designs using recycled products. One of the most interesting designers would definitely be Max McMurdo with his bath tub couches.

If you’ve never heard of recycle design, Google it. You don’t want to miss out on so many beautiful designs, which (most of them) you can also make YOURSELF!

That brings me to another topic. Do it yourself. It is a super popular concept these days. And that is so fun about recycle design. Most of the designs are made for everyone. Designed to make one yourself. These days, design is for everyone and everyone can be a designer. And that, ladies an gentleman, was one of the main goals I wanted to achieve in  my chair design. Something that makes the chair YOUR design.

So lets stop talking and start showing. This is what I came up with. You can buy this chair as a package. You’ll get the wood only. What YOU have to do is recycle cans. The chair is built to use 6 cans per layer, but if you want to use up all space, you can. You can paint the cans. You can paint the wood. Or you can just keep it simple. Its YOUR design.

For the people living in Holland. There will be an exhibition in Hilversum February 8th 2013. My chair will be exhibited and sold. Well, ill try to sell it… if possible.

Link to the exhibition here: http://kringloopblik.nl/talentvolblik

These pictures where made by: Dominique van Ee fotografie.

The beginners guide to analogue photography. 2 --- Aperture.

 

 

Part one here!

Now you know what kind of camera, and what film to use. So on to part 2 of the beginners guide to analogue photography. Making beautiful pictures on an analogue camera is a bit harder than with a digital camera. You really have to think what you are going to take a picture of before shooting. If you failed to take a good picture, it is a waste of your film, and development. So a waste of your money! Before making a picture, think about the composition of your photo.

The aperture is one of the tree most important things to make a good picture.  The other two most important things to make a good picture are light sensitivity, which I already explained, and shutter speed, which will be explained in the next post.

The aperture controls how much light your film will get. The amount of light that hits the sensor determines how much depth there is in the picture. Depth of field is the distance within which the subject in the picture appears sharp. By playing with the aperture value you get a completely blurred background or a completely sharp background and everything in between. So the aperture offers you possibilities for creative photography.

 

 

The Diaphragm (= aperture) is located in your lens, the settings are on the side of the lens indicated with an F/number. The numbers vary from F/1.4 to F/32. Some lenses have even more, but those would be really special professional lenses.

Let me show you the difference between a high and a low aperture:

Low aperture: +/- F/2.8

 

High aperture: +/- F/3

There is one other thing that is important to know about the aperture. A low aperture can cause over exposure of your film! I found this picture on the internet, It shows what happens with picture when you shoot with a high and low aperture. (So the pictures are from high to low)

 

I think that was it for explaining the aperture. If you think I’ve missed something, please comment what. I will include it if its important.

Thanks!

Part 1 – 12/18/12

Part 3 – 12/22/12

Part 4 - 

The beginners guide to analogue photography. Part one --- Film.

As some of you know, my first analogue camera was an Olympus trip 35. I had bought it in the thrift shop and didn’t have a clue how to use it. I can imagine a lot of people have got an analogue camera somewhere, or want to buy one. But are struggling with the same problem. So here is a good beginners guide to analogue photography. It will even include some tips and tricks for the most awesome multiple exposures and redscales! I will write it in parts, today part one. I will show you guys:

• Why buying an analogue camera in the thrift shop is better than a new one (especially when you are a beginner).
• What film do you buy for your camera?
• What ISO/ASA is.
• How to load and unload your camera.

First of all, buying an analogue camera from a thrift shop is pretty fun. Why? Because I know a lot of people who bought a new analogue camera. Which is not a real smart move when you’re starting analogue photography. A new analogue camera (for example, from lomography)  can cost you a lot of money. An analogue camera from the thrift shop is as good as a new one, (sometimes even better) and a lot cheaper. Plus, an old camera often has the name of the previous owner carved or written on the body somewhere. They always come with a little history you can fill in yourself. Not that I dislike lomography! Love that. But for a starter who is still finding out if they like analogue photography, the thrift shop is a cheaper solution.  I would recommend you to buy a real simple automatic analogue camera if you’re only shooting for the fun. If you’re planning on really thinking about what you are going to take pictures of, making almost art-like pictures, I would recommend you to buy a SLR camera, which has an exchangeable lens, ISO settings and shutter time settings. Scared you will buy a broken one at the thrift shop? DON’T PANIC! Just read my older post on how to buy the right vintage camera!

This is a SLR camera with an exchangeable lens.

Already have an analogue camera? You would have to buy film for it. Now you have different film types. So first of all check what kind of film your camera uses. Most of you will have a 35mm film camera. But there are a lot more film types out there. The only ones that are being sold by lomography (not expired) are 110mm, 120mm and 35mm. You can also get instant film (for cameras like the polaroid land 1000 camera). I am going to focus on the 35mm films right now, since I’ve got the most of those, and those are the cheapest ones out there.

So, you are going to buy film. What kind of ISO do you need? ISO/ASA shows the light sensitivity of the film you are using. For example: You are having a party soon. Most of the party time is late at night. It will be dark. You will need a high light-sensitive film. You would have to use an 800 ISO/ASA film. If you are going on a summer vacation, there will be lots of trips to the beach, with a lot of sunlight. You won’t need a light sensitive film, because you have a lot of sunlight. You would have to use an 100 ISO/ASA film. If you’re going on a skiing trip, there will be loads and loads of light because the sunlight will reflect in the snow. Making  pictures on the slopes is possible with a 50 ISO/ASA film. ISO/ASA ranges from low numbers to real high ones (even 1600ISO/ASA). The most common ones are those between 50 and 800. Though, buying a high or low ISO film does influence the sharpness and contrast of your picture. Let me show you in a real simple table I made what kind of ISO you can use:

ISO/ASA	Sensitivity	Contrast	grain
50	Low	low	low
100	Medium	Medium	Medium
200	Medium	Medium	Medium
400	High	High	High
800	Really High	Really High	Really High

If the right film is in the camera, you set your ISO settings on your camera to the same as your film says.  You are ready to take some cool analogue pictures.

Don’t know how to put your film in your camera? Just watch this video:

Don’t know how to unload your film? Just watch this video:

 

So that was part one of the beginners guide.

The links to the other parts will come here:

Part 2 – 12/19/12

Part 3 – 12/22/12

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