The first Pinhole camera (Camera Obscura) was used to trace an image. Camera Obscura is used to make an image on metal plates coated with chemicals. This was when the first permanent photograph was ...

If you're traveling with kids, there is no better place in Edinburgh than Camera Obscura and World of Illusions. Located at the top of the heavily (tourist) trafficked Royal Mile, Camera Obscura ...

I’ve been following Ben McCarthy’s journey with Obscura since the app first launched in 2015, watching the app as it has evolved alongside changes to Apple’s camera hardware. Camera apps pose unique ...

This story appears in the May 2011 issue of National Geographic magazine. Something strange and wonderful happens when light enters a dark space through a tiny opening. Aristotle described the ...