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| By Andrew White himself |
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| Ben Cullen |
Thanks to Andrew White there is a tutorial on how to do these amazing mind-boggeling domes. I must give him the honor of being the one posting photos
on flickr since 2011 and being the first to give a tutorial on how to do the
dome. Quite straightforward, but yes it's going to take some effort to build
your tool. But hey, once you've got the tool, it's only play, play play!
So here he is, telling you how to do The Dome and how to wield it like a pro, in his own words:
"All you need
- 1 bike wheel. Any regular circle will do but bike wheels are essentially hollow and that see-throughness helps with the 3D illusion
- 1 set of 20 or so festive lights from your seasonal surplus superstore
- An axle, cut to the length of the wheel's radius
What you do
1. Evenly space the lights around the rim of the wheel.
The further out you go, the more the bottom of your dome shape will appear
as a point, not a curve.
In the early sessions I spent forever doing running repairs as LEDs would get
knocked out of position or whatever - this idea for fixing using tiny zip ties
comes from flickr's own LED Eddie who, coincidentally, was the first to
demonstrate he'd work out the dome technique.
2. Fix the axle firmly to the wheel's hub.
When the tool is in its primed position, the highest point of the wheel rim
should be directly above the pivot point.
3. Switch the lights on and roll the wheel around smoothly and at a steady pace.
In this shot I've set up the tool ready to go and lit it so it's visible in the shot.
Then I created a dome that looks overlaid on top of the tool.
I fitted cable extensions and push-to-make switches to my lights so I can get
them on and off without hassle.
Always start with the lights facing you - any stutters/overlap or underlap will
appear at the rear of the shape away from the camera.
4. Amaze your friends
So there it is. Go forth lightly."
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| Ben Cullen |
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| Greg Mckenzie |
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| Lain Sword |
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| David Savage |
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