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This phenomena would happen ocasionally in an old flat of mine when the blinds were positionned in a very specific way. I'd wake up with the outside view over the walls and cieling.
So pleased Bonfonton were happy to work with you on this. I’m old (AF) and thinking how cool it would be to use the cheap 30cm x 50m rolls of printing paper we used in high school; set up boards to hold the paper against, black out the room, turn on red photo safe light, “wallpaper” the boards, expose the image, roll up the papers again then retreat to darkroom with bathtub sized trays….
They sell liquid B&W emulsion, so you can actually just "paint" a withe curtain, tens it up, and develop later, giving you an extremely big photo in a single pice
Wow, imagine you have this in your bedroom and see a real life Image on a wall without even looking out of the window. This is a genius way to make your house uniquely cool.
Really great storytelling. Love that you explained every step and included all the mistakes and setbacks - made the video a lot more interesting to watch.
Beautiful result! I love the idea of having a camera obscura on the window at night and lying in bed looking at the city lights projected onto the walls and ceiling.
From all the movies I've seen, I just thought every window in Paris had a perfect view of the Eifel Tower even if they're facing the exact opposite direction!
This is amazing. I live in the countryside where is virtually no light pollution, and my daughter loves the stars. I wonder if I could aim one of those Bonfoton devices up at the stars and project them around her room? Actually, I wouldn't even need to reorient the image. I'll have a go with my camera lenses. I am inspired.
This is one of the greatest photography projects on RUclips. I'm blown away by your dedication to photography. It's so inspiring. It makes my day. Feels good! Thank you!
I always wanted to make something like this in my room to see how it'll look like in person, but this video showed how much better it can look than I could ever expected 🤩
great project and great results. Slightly different but possibly something similar. The Palazzo Revoltella in Trieste has a lens to the outside in two rooms. There is a framed matte screen and you can view the harbor and the place in front of the building. Im not sure, but I think it was also flipped back into the corrected orientation. Well worth a visit…
Je ne suis pas convaincu par l'idée du timelapse, car in fine il s'agit de shooter un drap... Par contre, tu tiens une idée de business de folie. Imagine tu commecialises une petite boite comme ça qui s'insère dans un volet juste en perçant un petit trou. Avec une bonne pub, ca se vendra très bien!
I did this in a hotel room 20 years ago although no equipment. You can pull the black out blinds together and just spread a small hole to form your aperture. We just saw the hotel parking lot and highway upside down on the wall but is still a cool experiment. Try it.
There is a Camera Obscura installation at a castle in Portugal, it has a giant table where the projection is seen. You could screw it up and down to focus and also use turn the periscope to look around. There is a camera Obscura as large as an airplane hangar. And it did one of the longest exposure times ever too.
I always enjoy watching your videos. You have such a zeal and appetite for photography and how you can manipulate things to get what you want. Think about this. You are probably the ONLY person in Paris that setup a camera obscura to get time lapses of the Eiffel tower on your AirBNB wall. One in a million, so unique. Thanks for the experience.
Mathieu, please get to know the work of Cuban photographer Abelardo Morell. It has been a reference in turning rooms around the world into "camera obscura" since the 1990s.
Absolutly beautiful Thank you for your dedication to your craft. You sir, are a true artist. I see a trend of other photographers attempting similar from their favorite location. I know, I'm beginning to work it myself. Thanks again!
What Mathieu did not realize was, that just as big as the Eiffel tower on the wall behind him, his own face looking into the Bofonton got transfert onto the Eiffel tower at the same time. Paris was in shock!
I did this in a hotel room 20 years ago although no equipment. You can pull the black out blinds together and just spread a small hole to form your aperture. We just saw the hotel parking lot and highway upside down on the wall but is still a cool experiment. Try it.
Really love your project. It's fantastic. Next thing I would have tried, to cover parts of the projection on top and side walls, maybe that could enhance the contrast on the central part / wall ?
Unfortunately, this is one of the real limitations of the camera obscura. Decreasing the size of the aperture can *absolutely* increase definition, however, you're very limited by the amount of light that is let in. There's a compromise point that you naturally gravitate toward, where there is a balance between brightness and sharpness. Other thing that is a necessity-as Mathieu indicates in his video-is blocking out all other light coming into the room. In addition to blocking the bottom of the door, I'm sure he taped some extra foil over the suction cup on the Bonfouton prism. Finally, putting up the white dropcloth/sheet provides the best surface to project onto, as it 1) has no colour of its own to interfere with the image, and 2) is a flat plane on which to focus. Of course, in some camera obscura setups, a slightly concave surface can help with focus in the corners, but it all depends on whether you're using a lens, a prism (like here), or just an unaided pinhole. I'm not familiar enough with the Bonfouton prism to say definitively, but in prism setups I've tried, a flat surface tends to offer the most clarity over the largest area. That said, camera obscura is one of the coolest and least expensive ways to play with primitive photography. Give it a try, if you're able: even the most mundane of exterior views are given a magical quality when cast onto a dark room! Excellent video, Mathieu!
Beautiful and inspired work. I really need to try this. Would it be possible to change where the projected image appears on the wall? If you wanted to for example have the tower appear in a different spot.
If you ever try a project like this again, Rosco and Lee Filters make high-quality, black cinefoil that could be used in place of the aluminum foil. That would reduce light spill even further and still allow you to cut out the shape needed for the suction cup placement. Additionally, if there was still a bit of spill around the outer edges of the cinefoil/the sprayed water method doesn't stick as desired, you could use black paper tape around the frame (which would be super low impact on any paint and prevents leaving residue).
Congratulations again on another masterpiece project and for all the luck you could get. Many times we got frustrated because luck weren't on our side.
J'ai exactement cet effet tous les matins sur les murs de ma chambre (pas aussi prononcé quand même), je savais pas qu'on pouvait le reproduire de la sorte ! C'est un peu magique quand même x)
When I had friends over, I would act like it's the first time I realized it. Then say I thought I saw some wierd hues in the past but it's never been vibrant like this.
Bro I need to look at this up close at some time in my life. It isn’t like a projector because the detail is nearly infinite (except for lens imperfections)
Would it be possible to use a mirror and a pentaprism to flip the image? I know that would leave it mirrored on the wall but it would make it vertical.
Very interesting Mathiue. Could you tell me what the wide angle and 50mm lenses were for (I think they are lenses designed for 35mm cameras)? I had been thinking of trying something like this myself but in a simpler way, more like your earlier experiments. So I thought I would need a lens about 5m focal length (the length of the room) and I had no idea where to find one. Or just use a pinhole one size fits all!
I would guess, that he just included those because he wanted us to know what he filmed the result on - I don't see him use those for the camera obscura part. The lens on the window is doing all the work and it's good for up to 4m he said:) Hope that helps!^^
Hi Mathieu, Interesting project, and I'd like to know more. It seem to me the Eiffel Tower image wasn't quite crisp, is it due to the limitation of the lens? or the set up of the film plan could amend that? (after all the wall is not aligned parallel to the lens plane....) Best, B
ça donne des idées de déco! c'est un peut sombre comme résultat mais il y a moyen d'améliorer ça et de se retrouver avec une vue absolument dingue sur le mur opposé à la fenètre
I hear that you could get an even better time lapse video if you just pointed the camera straight at the Eiffel Tower! J/k! This was pretty cool! You could probably avoid that double image if you could remove the glass as well. I think you're getting a little bit of refraction in that outside window. It was pretty amazing overall!
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the owner of the apartment should consider permanently installing the lens to the window and offer it as a feature, it is really amazing!
Came here to say just this!
@@rahulm.r7586same lmao
My exact thoughts!
The sun:
While that would be cool, it would mean you'd lose the natural light and view from the window which is already a major selling point of the place.
This project is a masterpiece! Imagine having this in your bedroom and see the sunrise every morning on the walls.
with some creativity and some DIY skills you could instal the Bonfoton permanently on a specific window.
all you need is a great view :)
This phenomena would happen ocasionally in an old flat of mine when the blinds were positionned in a very specific way. I'd wake up with the outside view over the walls and cieling.
@@jjjalistair6880 wow !
But, there aren't sunrises into Paris, cause of the pollution ;)
that's exactly what I was thinking about!
So pleased Bonfonton were happy to work with you on this.
I’m old (AF) and thinking how cool it would be to use the cheap 30cm x 50m rolls of printing paper we used in high school; set up boards to hold the paper against, black out the room, turn on red photo safe light, “wallpaper” the boards, expose the image, roll up the papers again then retreat to darkroom with bathtub sized trays….
They sell liquid B&W emulsion, so you can actually just "paint" a withe curtain, tens it up, and develop later, giving you an extremely big photo in a single pice
Wow, imagine you have this in your bedroom and see a real life Image on a wall without even looking out of the window. This is a genius way to make your house uniquely cool.
Really great storytelling. Love that you explained every step and included all the mistakes and setbacks - made the video a lot more interesting to watch.
Hello Michael! I love your content you have inspired me to do so much!
Beautiful result! I love the idea of having a camera obscura on the window at night and lying in bed looking at the city lights projected onto the walls and ceiling.
This is very interesting idea for a hotel room. Very unique and romantic experience, great for Paris
Definitely! I hope some hotels let me build one for them.
From all the movies I've seen, I just thought every window in Paris had a perfect view of the Eifel Tower even if they're facing the exact opposite direction!
“Naked Gun” hehe
Genius idea! Looking forward to other creators in different cities trying the same :D
Search for Abelardo Morell, he has done this a lot in 91
Merci Mathieu, tu as réalisé un rêve que j'avais depuis quelques années, faire du timelapse en camera obscura. C'est magnifique, respect.
6:31 the bug enjoying the view of the Eiffel tower 🐜 🗼 🏙️
This is what photography is all about; capturing moments. Beautiful, thank you! ❤
Wow, thank you!
yes, photography is more than just gear, thats for sure
Capturing moments... on a wall!
This is amazing. I live in the countryside where is virtually no light pollution, and my daughter loves the stars. I wonder if I could aim one of those Bonfoton devices up at the stars and project them around her room? Actually, I wouldn't even need to reorient the image. I'll have a go with my camera lenses.
I am inspired.
Good detective work, Mathieu. The renters could charge a premium if they had the lens mounted permanently!
I guess they could create a new kind of experience for they visitors.
Astonishing. Brilliant work!
Very cool project! Definitely thinking outside the box-pardon the pun.
I did think outside the box when i was inside the box.
This is one of the greatest photography projects on RUclips. I'm blown away by your dedication to photography. It's so inspiring. It makes my day. Feels good! Thank you!
I always wanted to make something like this in my room to see how it'll look like in person, but this video showed how much better it can look than I could ever expected 🤩
Got inspired. Made a hole in my window blinds. Now I have a hole in my window blinds. 10/10.
Amazing idea and execution! Well done
Thank you very much!
Art is a science. Science is an art. Beautiful. Thank you for this.
great project and great results.
Slightly different but possibly something similar. The Palazzo Revoltella in Trieste has a lens to the outside in two rooms. There is a framed matte screen and you can view the harbor and the place in front of the building. Im not sure, but I think it was also flipped back into the corrected orientation. Well worth a visit…
Well, that was awesome, so thank you for sharing it with us.
Wonderful!!! Congratulations on a succesful experiment but also on the beautiful video you created, which is very inspiring!!
Thank you very much!
(Grabs popcorn)
(Grabs cheese and wine)
Je ne suis pas convaincu par l'idée du timelapse, car in fine il s'agit de shooter un drap... Par contre, tu tiens une idée de business de folie. Imagine tu commecialises une petite boite comme ça qui s'insère dans un volet juste en perçant un petit trou. Avec une bonne pub, ca se vendra très bien!
Amazing, I have never seen something like that before. Absolute fantastic.
The Velux window in my previous apartment created a double camera obscura, so every day for a couple of years I woke up to a camera obscura
same to me !!
I did this in a hotel room 20 years ago although no equipment. You can pull the black out blinds together and just spread a small hole to form your aperture. We just saw the hotel parking lot and highway upside down on the wall but is still a cool experiment. Try it.
There is a Camera Obscura installation at a castle in Portugal, it has a giant table where the projection is seen. You could screw it up and down to focus and also use turn the periscope to look around.
There is a camera Obscura as large as an airplane hangar. And it did one of the longest exposure times ever too.
I always enjoy watching your videos. You have such a zeal and appetite for photography and how you can manipulate things to get what you want.
Think about this. You are probably the ONLY person in Paris that setup a camera obscura to get time lapses of the Eiffel tower on your AirBNB wall. One in a million, so unique. Thanks for the experience.
for sure i was the only one ever to do this in this apartment :)
Haha je m'attendais à tout sauf à voir une vue depuis Meudon
La vache tu connais bien Meudon !
@@MathieuStern ça m'a sauté aux yeux, j'habite à même pas 300m de chez toi 😅
Haha ! Tu me croise peut être au Monoprix :)
I am obsessed with your obsessions and glorious madness. Bravo!
Wonderful project Mathieu! A holy trinity, camera obscura, time lapse and the stunning view.
Thank you so much 😀
Mathieu, please get to know the work of Cuban photographer Abelardo Morell. It has been a reference in turning rooms around the world into "camera obscura" since the 1990s.
Hope you’re having a great summer Mathieu! Many thanks from NYC!
thanks Tyler, I hope you have a nice summer too in NYC, or maybe you traveled a bit ?
Beautiful project, thanks for sharing!
The price of that apartment has just increased!
Brilliant idea and fantastic results!
Absolutly beautiful Thank you for your dedication to your craft. You sir, are a true artist.
I see a trend of other photographers attempting similar from their favorite location. I know, I'm beginning to work it myself. Thanks again!
What Mathieu did not realize was, that just as big as the Eiffel tower on the wall behind him, his own face looking into the Bofonton got transfert onto the Eiffel tower at the same time. Paris was in shock!
50 years later Parisians are still scared that the the giant Shrek face will return.
🙃
Brilliant! Imagine have that in your room 24/7?
❤ as a painter....may i just say YES ❤
Great video and The Staircase! French staircases are works of architectural artwork (or just plain art) in themselves.
Une des meilleures chaines de photo créative. Gros gros respect que tu prennes le temps de faire toutes tes vidéos en VF depuis quelques temps.
Merci ! J’espère que tu es abonné à la chaîne VF
This is just perfect. Worth buying the lens .
Probably the coolest thing I’ve seen in years! Congratulations!
I did this in a hotel room 20 years ago although no equipment. You can pull the black out blinds together and just spread a small hole to form your aperture. We just saw the hotel parking lot and highway upside down on the wall but is still a cool experiment. Try it.
What a lovely project! Fantastic work!
T'es un grand malade Mathieu 😅 incroyable d'avoir cette idée, incroyable de la réaliser aussi 👌
Merci !
Really love your project. It's fantastic.
Next thing I would have tried, to cover parts of the projection on top and side walls, maybe that could enhance the contrast on the central part / wall ?
Unfortunately, this is one of the real limitations of the camera obscura. Decreasing the size of the aperture can *absolutely* increase definition, however, you're very limited by the amount of light that is let in. There's a compromise point that you naturally gravitate toward, where there is a balance between brightness and sharpness. Other thing that is a necessity-as Mathieu indicates in his video-is blocking out all other light coming into the room. In addition to blocking the bottom of the door, I'm sure he taped some extra foil over the suction cup on the Bonfouton prism. Finally, putting up the white dropcloth/sheet provides the best surface to project onto, as it 1) has no colour of its own to interfere with the image, and 2) is a flat plane on which to focus. Of course, in some camera obscura setups, a slightly concave surface can help with focus in the corners, but it all depends on whether you're using a lens, a prism (like here), or just an unaided pinhole. I'm not familiar enough with the Bonfouton prism to say definitively, but in prism setups I've tried, a flat surface tends to offer the most clarity over the largest area.
That said, camera obscura is one of the coolest and least expensive ways to play with primitive photography. Give it a try, if you're able: even the most mundane of exterior views are given a magical quality when cast onto a dark room!
Excellent video, Mathieu!
Great idea, implementation and video. Thanks
What a cool and surreal project!
You just exponentially multiplied the value of that apartment
Beautiful and inspired work. I really need to try this. Would it be possible to change where the projected image appears on the wall? If you wanted to for example have the tower appear in a different spot.
Wonderful! But what were the two lenses on the table for?
this is amazing, would love to lay on my bed and watch at the clouds roll by my ceiling.
This is absolutely amazing
Your video took me back to the time when I lived in Paris. Thank you!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Grandiose et de plus en plus “fou” 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Merci Eric
If you ever try a project like this again, Rosco and Lee Filters make high-quality, black cinefoil that could be used in place of the aluminum foil. That would reduce light spill even further and still allow you to cut out the shape needed for the suction cup placement. Additionally, if there was still a bit of spill around the outer edges of the cinefoil/the sprayed water method doesn't stick as desired, you could use black paper tape around the frame (which would be super low impact on any paint and prevents leaving residue).
Congratulations again on another masterpiece project and for all the luck you could get. Many times we got frustrated because luck weren't on our side.
J'ai exactement cet effet tous les matins sur les murs de ma chambre (pas aussi prononcé quand même), je savais pas qu'on pouvait le reproduire de la sorte ! C'est un peu magique quand même x)
Simply, this is epic.
Extremely cool!
Ce que j'appelle avoir de la suite dans les idées ! 🏅 Super idée qui élargit les vues des amateurs d'images ! 👌
When I had friends over, I would act like it's the first time I realized it. Then say I thought I saw some wierd hues in the past but it's never been vibrant like this.
This principle and idea is the main element of the 1997 movie "Addicted to love" lol
Mathiu, thanx for inspiration ... 💯... amazing idea !!!
Bro I need to look at this up close at some time in my life. It isn’t like a projector because the detail is nearly infinite (except for lens imperfections)
Seeing as you tried to use a white sheet, would a large projector screen have solved your geometry problem?
Thank you!😊
Super stunning project, what a marvelous idea to capture the tower.
Amazing efforts! Thank you
Glad you liked it!
Bonjour.
I'm still not sure why you needed 50mm lens. Was it for timelapse? Do I understand correctly that bon lens created whole image by itself?
Is it possible to use the super film 8mm camera lens on DSLR or Mirroles?
Stunning! Great project!
Glad you like it!
Would it be possible to use a mirror and a pentaprism to flip the image? I know that would leave it mirrored on the wall but it would make it vertical.
Modernized camera obscura! Execellent!!!
Truly amazing, now you made want to buy this device to try out in every place I go to 😅
You should!
Très beau et très original. Bravo.
Great project - so well documented. Both satisfying and real, well done!
Amazing
Thanks
Very interesting Mathiue. Could you tell me what the wide angle and 50mm lenses were for (I think they are lenses designed for 35mm cameras)? I had been thinking of trying something like this myself but in a simpler way, more like your earlier experiments. So I thought I would need a lens about 5m focal length (the length of the room) and I had no idea where to find one. Or just use a pinhole one size fits all!
I would guess, that he just included those because he wanted us to know what he filmed the result on - I don't see him use those for the camera obscura part.
The lens on the window is doing all the work and it's good for up to 4m he said:)
Hope that helps!^^
wow, I want to try and make a lens like that as well. They are a bit too expensive for my taste, but amazing results.
Absolutely love the storytelling, great results too!
Glad you enjoyed it!
That is so magical, awesome stuff!!!
Hi Mathieu,
Interesting project, and I'd like to know more.
It seem to me the Eiffel Tower image wasn't quite crisp, is it due to the limitation of the lens? or the set up of the film plan could amend that? (after all the wall is not aligned parallel to the lens plane....)
Best,
B
ça donne des idées de déco! c'est un peut sombre comme résultat mais il y a moyen d'améliorer ça et de se retrouver avec une vue absolument dingue sur le mur opposé à la fenètre
Hello Matias,i said before you are absolutely crazy😂,your inspiring videos are also full of madnes!!
Keep going 💪, make magical things my friend 😅!!
I hear that you could get an even better time lapse video if you just pointed the camera straight at the Eiffel Tower! J/k! This was pretty cool! You could probably avoid that double image if you could remove the glass as well. I think you're getting a little bit of refraction in that outside window. It was pretty amazing overall!
Well this was brilliant! Well done!
Just imagine waking up to that view every day....
The apartment value went skyrocket after that experiment.
Saw this on Reddit, really nice👍🏾
Thanks for coming
That’s a great project mate.
Nice work!
Fantastic video! What lens did you use when shooting outside by the Eiffel Tower at 3:51 ? Looks incredible.
BRAVO!
This is awesome!
Extraordinaire !!!!😊😊😊