ttv - through the viewfinder photography

Something else cool I discovered a few years ago. TTV - it stands for through the viewfinder. Basically you need an old box camera with a big viewfinder. You know, the ones you might remember your mum having when you were a kid (only if you're over 50!) Well you take the photograph of the view in the viewfinder using a digital camera. You need to make a light proof box to hold the old camera in (to stop reflections) and to hold the digi camera in place. You will need to experiment a bit to get results. Vary the distance between digi camera and viewfinder and set it to macro focus. Swicth off the auto flash too. The result is a photo that looks really old due to the poor quality of the viewfinder lens and all the dust and crap that's in there (yeah don't clean the viewfinder unless you have OCD and really must. The best effects include all the crud. Maybe try setting the camera to black and white or sepia too). There's plenty of information out there if you just search for it. Here's some of mine and a link to some more.

My TTV photos on Flickr