Camera Tossing, Followup
This is a follow-up on my initial camera tossing entry from this morning.
I’ve already gotten politely scolded on another website for not valuing my posessions as much as the elder generations — I respect the “be cautious” commentary if not the grossly inaccurate assumption. Most of us set appropriate limits on our creative exploration. 
Here are the few mildly interesting images that resulted from my first foray into this weird and yes, fool-hardy to some, method of photography. The tool? A sturdy $175 existing point and shoot digital camera we own (Canon Powershot A520), with the photographs taken over a King-size matress with comforter, blankets and pillows and a toss of no more than 2.5 feet into the air. I would not, as I jokingly remarked on the other website, ever consider using our professional ($4k) digital cameras, or anything else I’d have any heartache over damaging — such as my $400 cameraphone which I already experienced anguish over due to a foolish accident involving the washing machine a couple months ago.
I’m neither rolling in money nor remotely insane, but I do know beauty and the joy of seeing something in a new/different way. I wouldn’t call myself a photographer if it were otherwise…
“Best of First Toss Attempts”:
Camera Toss - 1 and Camera Toss - 5
See Also:
Camera Toss - 2
Camera Toss - 3 (”Whiteout”)
Camera Toss - 4 (”Shell-Like”)
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Noah said,
November 28, 2005 @ 9:45 am
Wow - for a split second, part of me actually wanted to try this with my new 5D… fortunately, the rest of me wised up quickly.
This definitely fuels my “I want a cheap handheld camera now” itch, though.
Shannon said,
November 28, 2005 @ 9:53 am
DON’T YOU *DARE* !!!!
I won’t even try it with my cameraphone, and it’s scary enough with a $175 “cheap” model point-and-shoot! They do make single-use digital cameras, and of course there’s always eBay.
MommaCat said,
November 28, 2005 @ 2:21 pm
I may buy #2…or #5 (???) as wallpaper (literally) for the one-inch scale computer shop (”One Byte at a Time”) I’m still planning to create!!
P.S. - Water the poinsettia.
Hugs,
MommaCat
Shannon said,
November 28, 2005 @ 5:34 pm
We’ll have to get some dimensions so I can print up some samples for you — I’d love to see something I took on a whim incorporated into one of your terrific miniature scenes! P.S. Buy?! You get the My Mom Discount — 100% off!
P.S. — The pointsettia thanks you. She was wilting!