Initial sketch ideas

I have been working on some initial sketch ideas and a few thoughts that I have had on how the piece will look in reality. Here are a few drawings of my early development ideas:-


This first idea I think is a bit restrictive because of the elastic being attached at both ends of the frame. Unless I get the correct tension of elastic the balls will not really move much, therefore restricting the quality of pictures that can be produced.


The second idea I think will produce better results than the first idea, however, as with the first idea my main concern is how cumbersome the framework will be, I wanted to keep the size to a minimum because cost cutting and transportation issues.


The third idea seemed like the best option for my abilities and I decided to buy the materials to begin construction. I did a few simple tests with the LED's and ping pong balls to see how the photos came out. After doing these tests I decided that the ping pong balls were going to cause me all manner of problems. The first issue I found was that of cutting and preparing of the balls, they looked a bit shapeless once I had cut into them and messed with their integrity. The second issue that I came across was that once the light was in the ball the intensity was lessened. This meant that the light that the camera picked up was less like a trail and more just like a glowing blob which to some extent produced undesirable results in my mind.