projection blog i wish i found earlier!

http://www.urban-projection.com/?p=372

Backlit frame

Looking at alternative ways to blacklight a large panel, so the frame isn't so chunky -

LEDs - expensive on mass


EL Panels -
http://www.earlsmann.co.uk/sections/product/id/10

Skelington Art

http://walyou.com/real-skeleton-art/

HR Giger Images

Images from Mark Ryden

http://www.markryden.com/press/index.html - Bunnies and Bees 2001 is a great explanation of how he works

There and back again

I started thinking about the process of the reversing the camera in an effort to find a good source for the projected image; Taking a specific viewpoint and projecting the same viewpoint into a part of the image - like I've done before finding available surfaces.  The idea would be a kind of reprocessing of the image; taking a photo and then shooting it back out of the camera into a window in the image.

After considering and scouting for locations I come to a halt as my idea seems to not quite sit right - I thought of the other way round like I've previously mentioned; for the opposite view to be projected - so is like a mirror - or the picture looking back at you.

And then I switch back again - my main crisis was where the images to project would come from, and even though something relevant from the area I'm photographing seems to have potential for a better rounded concept - projecting from my own head will produce more interesting results.

I've been wanting to integrate other mediums into my technique recently, something to help the result reflect myself better.  Painting got me into photography and now I see a way I can use to it enhance what I'm doing - better than to use cg and cut out images (Although I'm not ruling a combination out if it seems like a good idea) it would be like I'm painting directly on to the surfaces I'm projecting on to.  What I paint almost doesn't matter as it's the act of projecting (not literally) myself onto a photographic scene.  I was there and was free to paint what I wanted with a artistic freedom.  But of course this is a fantasy, and I want the image to reflect that.

The large format shooting the result is my way to create a surreal element using some tilt

I remember at a festival in Bristol, the details I don't remember, where you could draw on a touch screen and it would be projected 30 feet on the side of the Lloyds building, in looking for this I found something even better (Making what I'm doing seem very small scale!)

http://fusionaut.videosift.com/video/Laser-Guided-Graffiti-Awesome

They draw on to the building with a laser pen - the movement of the laser pen somehow calibrated with a projector - obviously someone smart with technology worked it out.  This makes me realise a huge advantage of painting what I'll project - No computers are directly involved in producing the images - From canvas to negative/positive to projection.  Despite my proficiency with computers I much prefer leaving them out.

Positive

Having forgotten about the original positive film I took on my last project after it took a month to arrive - I compared it to the negatives I've been using;  And it's much better - White's are so easily blown out on positive!
So despite the cost and slowness I may try and use them again, on my next round.