Scan Your Face

Using a scanner to "take photos" is like having great studio lighting, a top of the art photocopy machine, and a high quality camera all in one. The process results in a shallow depth of a field, amazing detail, and best of all a dreamy, magazine-like quality.

Interesting article and thorough How-To by Vincent de Groot on the process. There's also a great instructional video by MAKE.

Materials Needed: flatbed scanner, a computer, subjects to "photograph"

Subject Matter: Don't stop at 2D. 3D objects can work, too. More tips on selecting images in Vincent's article.

All images below made with a flatbed scanner.

            Flickr Member Tiago De Sousa

                           Flickr Member juan4salvador

           Vincent de Groot

             Flickr Member Sra Mozart

             Flickr Member russell.bride

                              Flickr Member forgottenpittsburgh

                            Flickr Member KayraChin

                    Marsha Tudor

             Flickr Member Em R.S.

             Cortijada Los Gazquez

           Flickr Member mraaronmorris

Mine for more great photos in Flickr's scanner photography group.