Handheld electronic camera flash lamp as a tangible user-interface for creating expressive visual art works

ABSTRACT

We propose the use of a hand-held camera flash as a tangible user interface to a photographic "lightpainting" algorithm/ system. Our system includes a method of photographic multiple-exposure lighting using a single camera flash to obtain the results that would otherwise require complicated and more expensive professional multiple-light photographic studio setups. The system is simple in its approach, because it provides a direct metaphor-free interaction between the user, the camera, and the computer. The system mimics traditional multiple exposure photography by computationally combining images linearly to produce visual art works.

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INDEX TERMS

Primary Classification:
  H. Information Systems
  H.5 INFORMATION INTERFACES AND PRESENTATION (I.7)
      H.5.1 Multimedia Information Systems

Additional Classification:
  J. Computer Applications
  J.5 ARTS AND HUMANITIES

Keywords:
cumulative image photography, embedded systems, lightspace imaging, linear image manipulation, multiple image photography, photographic lighting, photographic lighting techniques, photoquantigraphic imaging, photoquantimetric imaging, system integration, tangible user interface