Tuesday, February 8, 2022

do you know camera obscura?




principle of camera obscura and camera obscura box

light from an external scene passes through the hole and strikes a surface inside, where it is reproduced, inverted (thus upside-down), but with color and perspective preserved. the image can be projected onto paper, and can then be traced to produce a highly accurate representation.



vermeer amazing view of delft (above) was done using camera obscura.

or these drawings by canaletto: