In his series entitled Solaroids, artist and photographer Jeff McLane tries to take sun photos without using any of the fancy equipment and high-tech instruments available to NASA personnel.
Instead, he uses a regular old camera and Fuji instant film which gets exposed to direct UV light for long periods of exposure. The end result of this project is a collection of surreal images that seem to have been taken on a super hazy day when the clouds are covering up the great orb in the sky, filtering and diffusing the light throughout the photograph.
Jeff McLane's Solaroids are an interesting experiment in capturing the energy and vitality of the giant solar star while producing sun photos that are eerily abstract, much like blurred vision from staring at the sun.
Why This Trend Is Growing
- DIY Sun Photography
- Opportunity to create a market for easy-to-use, inexpensive equipment for amateur photographers to take sun photographs.
- Low-tech Solar Imaging
- Opportunity to create a market for inexpensive photography equipment that is solely powered by solar energy.
- Abstract Sun Imagery
- Opportunity to create a market for abstract art derived from photographs of the sun.
Industries Being Reshaped
- Photography and Film Equipment
- Opportunity to develop a new line of equipment for the photography and film industry that is specifically designed for taking sun photos without regularly priced high-tech equipment.
- Art and Design
- Opportunities for photographers and artists to experiment with new ways of capturing and displaying sun photography, opening new channels to display and sell their artwork.
- Renewable Energy: Solar
- Opportunity for the solar energy industry to apply solar cell technology to photography equipment to create devices that are solely powered by solar energy for inventors interested in pursuing this field.
