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The Young Researcher • @1MEMO_20260804

The Young Researcher • @1MEMO_20260804 • Michel van der Burg • Miracles•Media
. TakeNode e15047da-3588-47a0-aa0d-34d030b41c8c • Spider’s mouth – photo via microscope in 1967 – I was very surprised that year to discover that this spider’s ‘jaws’ moved horizontally – not ‘up and down’ like in all the other larger animals that I was familiar with – when I first saw this through the microscope , fresh – immediately after taking this from the just killed spider – taking care to keep it in the same orientation. For the naked eye however this was to small to really see (a small dutch ‘house spider’) – so preparing this was done rather blind in a way.

I was 15 at the time , and had experimented with microscopy since I was 11 or 12 years old. I also had started photography around that age. That year of 1967 I started taking photos through the microscope.

With the simple (mirror-less) camera and microscope that I had – the camera was put on a tripod above the microscope , with a dark cloth around it all in a bedroom with the curtains closed , at night.
That Voigtländer Vito camera had no light meter , no rangefinder ,a fixed lens and a viewfinder.
So , for preparing each new image with the microscope the camera had to be removed. When ready under the microscope , the camera was repositioned above , and because the alignment of camera and microscope is very critical (any deviation results in images like a portion cut from a round cake) .. the filmroll was rolled back in the cassette , the camera opened and by holding a piece of a semi-transparant plastic (from a plastic bag) inside the camera to catch the image projected from the microscope ….. the camera was realigned , the image focussed … and next the camera closed again , and the film roll was advanced …counting the number of already used film frames.

At 15 I also had started film developing, printing, black & white darkroom work ;)

See also the short ‘action’ film :
Bio 1966 Photography | 20230706 | Michel van der Burg | Miracles•Media URL https://1-memo.com/2023/07/06/bio-1966-photography-20230706/

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Tin Can Pinhole Photo


Workshop pinhole photography at SKVR BeeldFabriek (SKVR ImageFactory) September 11, 2011 in Rotterdam, Holland. The ’24 hour culture’ event of Rotterdam (’24 uur cultuur’).
Turn a can into a Camera Obscura and make your own pinhole photo , and print it in a real dark room.
A tin can is used , punched with a pinhole , that has been painted black inside and loaded with photographic paper.
The pinhole is covered with tape , that is removed some 10-15 seconds for exposure of the film when taking the picture.
Your cameraman is taking his pinhole photo of the nearby Rotterdam Erasmus bridge.
The Dutch Youth Accordion Orchestra ( NJAO , MD Marc Belder ) played nearby that day the Sonatina Piccola (Jan Masséus). A second camera (Sony TX7) was used for the documentary.
Tin Can Pinhole Photo ~ Music : Sonatina Piccola (Jan Masséus) by Dutch Youth Accordion Orchestra NJAO | MD Marc Belder ~ Film : 20200902 Michel van der Burg | Miracles•Media

Tin Can Pinhole Photo


① memo 20161013 ~ Tin Can Pinhole Photo ~ Your cameraman taking a pinhole photo of the Rotterdam Erasmus bridge, using a tin can punched with a pinhole (covered with tape except during exposure time) , painted black inside and loaded with photographic paper (supplied by SKVR Rotterdam). The Dutch Youth Accordion Orchestra ( NJAO , MD Marc Belder ) played nearby that day the Sonatina Piccola (Jan Masséus). The ’24 hour culture’ event of Rotterdam (’24 uur cultuur’). A second camera (Sony TX7) was used for video. September 11 , 2011 – Rotterdam , Holland

Zwarte Piet

Zwarte Piet – Black Pete – brings presents at the Sinterklaas party for the children at the Van der Burg’s home (my parents) on December 5th 1966 or 1967 in The Hague, Holland. Picture I made at the age of 14-15 years with the Voigtländer Vito C 35mm film viewfinder camera – including the darkroom work. (Scan of negative).
Zwarte Piet | 20140707 | 1-memo.com