Tossing. Would you? Could you?

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I apologise if this has been on here before, but I haven't seen anything about it.

I was looking over the Telegraph site, and came across a link to this, which is a blog from a member of the Tossing group on Flickr. The concept is that all photos are taken whilst the camera is thrown in the air.

Whilst I can't imaine many being comfortable chucking around a couple of grands worth of kit. it does look fun, and there seems to be some good shots from it.

http://cameratoss.blogspot.com/2005/10/nods-tossing-guide-for-beginners.html

http://cameratoss.blogspot.com/
 
I have this urge to organise a TP Tossing Meet.
 
I thought that it would be a more solo sport, for safety reasons, all that gear and togs flying around...............
 
i hold my hand up to say that the thread title generated my interest immediately only to be let down when it was about photography... i'll grab my coat then! :coat:
 
2blue4u said:
I have this urge to organise a TP Tossing Meet.
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So would this make us a bunch of ******s? :D Not sure I could lob my camera up in the air and hope that I catch it. I cannt catch at the best of times, I could see this ending in tears.
 
This thread is fine WITHOUT pictures
 
Not for me. I've seen pictures from a guy who does this at weddings - UWA lens and just chucks the camera as high as he can and fires the shutter on a wireless remote - interesting stuff...
 
That could be one very short expensive hobby.
 
If you swing the camera from the strap you can get it higher, so more of a swinger than a ******...
 
Seeing as I am at home on my own at the moment, I thought I would take a quiet moment and see what I could come up with.

So I went into the living room, put on the TV to find something appropriate on, go the camera, removed the lenscap which is on a little string thing, set the camera to 1 second, as per the instructions and began tossing.

Well after a fews minutes, and only breaking into a minor sweat I had some results.

And none of them are worth posting from what I can see in the screen.

I spun a few times on the strap, and tried swinging too. I thnk it is a case of trial and error, But I have some ideas, so maybe when I am on my own again later....




(in case you where wondering, I chose a very specific programme, on a channel which you don't always find is broadcasting, with balls and lots of backwords and forewards action, a bit of polishing and the occasional grunt which starts slow and builds up to a climax)
 
Yes the snookers on the red button
 
I've done this using old point and shoot cameras. Set the timer and try to get it to be at the top of the arc when the shutter clicks. Good for outdoor shots and groups of people.
 
i'll try it with my ixus, not a hope in hell trying it with the 7D, even though it is insured :)

drew
 
It's all in the timing of the release.

Too soon, well, it's a let down for some.
too late and the moment is lost.

Shutters eh?
 
buckas said:
i'll try it with my ixus, not a hope in hell trying it with the 7D, even though it is insured :)

drew
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I would check your policy wording, I can imagine the conversation:

INs co "so, you through the camera in the air, in the dark, and it smashed to peices? and that was an accident how?"
 
I had a go with my P&S when I first heard of the "technique". Nothing to write home about, but it's good fun. :)

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No way would I attempt it with the DSLR.
 
i bought a 400d of here for a friend who is getting into DSLR's. Im gonna try it with a nifty fifty on it tonight. if it breaks, the seller sold it to me like that :D
 
A wedding tog called Kevin Swan does it, he was talking about it on the pro photo show podcast. Apparently he tossed a 1D mark IV when a cannon rep let him have a hold last year!

Website here :D
 
from the images I managed to find it looks like the pictures are either complate garbage or very pretty but something that would lose the novelty appeal pretty quick.

Daft idea - surely originated in the USA
 
Brilliant idea just came to me. Kicking. Get your steel caps on, set the camera timer and drop kick the camera as high as you can. The best pictures come from the guy standing taking his own pictures of you kicking the crap out of your own.

Or how about Freefalling? Set the camera timer and multi shot. Chuck it off a high building and see what pics you can catch on the way down. Actually with a 7D or 5D II you could record a video as it falls - even better.
 
AndyB said:
... Actually with a 7D or 5D II you could record a video as it falls - even better.
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dont forget the 500D ;)

the shots are quite creative, but none of them made me sit back and go wow! nothing i found to really hold your attention! well done to them for having the balls to do it though lol
 
I guess you'd have to be a very good throw if you want to get discernable photos from a sort of birds eye view (such as those on Kevin Swan's site).

You'd have to throw the camera up perfectly straight and hope that there's no rotation on it in the air , then quickly pose while the photo gets taken before concentrating on not letting it come back to earth with a bang. I presume you wouldn't want to be catching it by the lens either upon descent.

Sounds like a potentially expensive hobby. :D
 
I think that the "light" photos are getting the same effect as painting with light, but in a much more random way. Surely holding the camera and moving it, or having the camera still and moving the lights is going to produce much better results in a more consistant fashion.

Having tried it, I think it is one to chalk down to experience, and forget about.
 
lawrie29 said:
I think that the "light" photos are getting the same effect as painting with light, but in a much more random way. Surely holding the camera and moving it, or having the camera still and moving the lights is going to produce much better results in a more consistant fashion.

Having tried it, I think it is one to chalk down to experience, and forget about.
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Much more random and nerve wrecking way you mean. :D

The light images wouldn't appeal to me, I'd only be interested in the sort of strange birds eye versions, and I'm willing to bet the number of takes it requires to get the final result would be rather irksome. :lol:
 
Step ladders and rooves might be a more sensible approach.
 
AndyB said:
Brilliant idea just came to me. Kicking. Get your steel caps on, set the camera timer and drop kick the camera as high as you can. The best pictures come from the guy standing taking his own pictures of you kicking the crap out of your own.

Or how about Freefalling? Set the camera timer and multi shot. Chuck it off a high building and see what pics you can catch on the way down. Actually with a 7D or 5D II you could record a video as it falls - even better.
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So we're back to that 400d that fell off the helmet of the freefall parachutist, and survived.
 
Haha - good thing it was Canon eh? ;)
 
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