Flashlights, sweater, disposable camera.
I don’t know what the dictionary definition of an experiment is, but mine is to toss in a few constants with one or two variables, and observe the (unpredictable) results. With that in mind, Souly and I set out this evening to shoot abandoned houses in the Geitawi district of Achrafieh.
This experiment is the first in a series called Disposable. The constants were two flashlights, a white sweater (which doubled as a light reflector or diffuser) and a disposable camera.
The variable was light itself (or the lack thereof). Since disposable cameras are primarily designed for daytime touristic photography (for you techies out there, that means ISO 400–800 film, fixed wide angle lens, medium aperture of around f/5.6, focus range of 4 feet to infinity) using them anywhere outside these ideal conditions would yield unpredictable results…
… which we will observe tomorrow.
