camera obscuras are one of the oldest forms of cameras artist could use them to trace images and get more accurate images. however the images come out upside down. follow the link bellow for instructions on how to make your own camera obscura.
Making your own camera obscura.
You can make your own camera obscura out of any cereal box or cardboard tube they are easy to make and will take under an hour to make.
CEREAL BOX OBSCURA
1.Empty the cereal box, but keep the plastic bag inside this can be used as a screen.
2. cut out a sizeable square on the box and tape the plastic "screen" over the the square .
3. Use a pin to make a small hole in the box on the side opposite to the screen.
4. hold the side with the pin hole facing a light source to view the image inside the box.
CARDBOARD TUBE OBSCURA
1. Cut the end off a tube
2. Then tape some tracing paper over the end of the tube firmly
3. Attach cut of end of the tube back on keeping the tracing inside the tube
4. Cut out a circle of foil the same size as the end of the tube and put a pin hole in the the middle of the foil
5. Tape the foil circle over one end
6. To view an image point the side with the foil towards a light source to see it
CEREAL BOX OBSCURA
1.Empty the cereal box, but keep the plastic bag inside this can be used as a screen.
2. cut out a sizeable square on the box and tape the plastic "screen" over the the square .
3. Use a pin to make a small hole in the box on the side opposite to the screen.
4. hold the side with the pin hole facing a light source to view the image inside the box.
CARDBOARD TUBE OBSCURA
1. Cut the end off a tube
2. Then tape some tracing paper over the end of the tube firmly
3. Attach cut of end of the tube back on keeping the tracing inside the tube
4. Cut out a circle of foil the same size as the end of the tube and put a pin hole in the the middle of the foil
5. Tape the foil circle over one end
6. To view an image point the side with the foil towards a light source to see it
My own attempt
My attempt at making a camera obscura from a cereal box was successful as i could see a clear image however there were things that i would have done differently . As in the instructions i followed it told you to cut out a square and put plastic over it so it created a screen however this didn't really work for me at all in fact it ruined it so i couldn't see anything at all. To rectify this I had to stick paper on the inside and out I found for the inside whit paper worked best but for the outside black paper was best to show the best possible image. I couldn't take any successful pictures of that image produced by the camera obscura as it was to difficult to do.because of the size of the box and angle you had to look to see the camera obscura most clear.