flickr by Jeff Howard(click for more non-xray shots of the inside of a KORG KAOSSILATOR)
"A while back I became fascinated with Nick Veasey's xray photography. I figured there must be a way I could create images with a similar end result but bypassing the need for the actual technology (and all the radiation that comes with it).
So while I was taking apart my Kaossilator to fix, I figured I would give this a try. To start, I took images of each of the individual parts. I then turned all of the images to b&w and inverted them. I then brought all of the images into one file as separate layers and began to align them while adjusting the opacity of each. After a bit of experimenting and some touching up, this is what I came up with.
Next project will be doing this with a camera I'm planning to take apart to convert to infrared. No promises as to when I'll get that up here though."
Interesting - like the RADIAS, it's based around a TMS320C55xx DSP. What's interesting is that those are 16-bit DSPs... so never let it be said that 16-bit signal processing isn't useful for music!
ReplyDeleteWow, pretty neat technique, without running the risk of radiation. Although, I guess you replace that with the risk of losing that tiny screw that always goes missing when you take stuff apart...
ReplyDeleteThat's great! But I'm not sure how many details can you shoot of your camera from which you only have to remove the original IR-cut filter from. I'm about to do the same thing but I'm waiting for spring to arrive.
ReplyDeleteY'know what? I gotta try to do this with a Gameboy.
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