The strongest technical aspect of our work was being able to make the positive print from the negative print. First we had to check the coffee camera for light exposure. Once we knew there was no light entering the can, we could take a picture through the shutter. After leaving the can in front of an object for about 2 minutes, we then had to develop the picture to see if more time was needed. Once we got the final negative print, we were able to create the positive print. We took a blank piece of photo paper, put it on top of the negative print, exposed it to light, develop it, and then figure out what needs to be changed. The technical aspect of our work that can be improved on is making the positive print more clear. We could have tried to focus the enlarger more or possibly choose a different filter.
The easy part of this art activity was picking an object to take a picture of. When we went outside, we had to find something that the sun as facing so that the sun would be behind the coffee camera. The most difficult part of this art activity was figuring out how long the coffee camera shutter should be open for. It was also hard to get the final print in one day because the next day, the amount of light could or would be different from the day before.
We demonstrated the objective in this art activity by taking a picture of an object with a coffee can and then being able to make a positive print out of it. If I could do this art activity again, I would want to try and make the positive picture more focused and get closer to an object.
