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I've had a few people ask me what exactly 'Through the Viewfinder' is, so I thought I'd put up an unedited photo to give you an idea (really, totally unedited aside from resize).
Basically, there are two cameras involved - a camera which has a viewfinder or ground glass, such as a Yashica or Duaflex II (in my case), as well as a digital camera (or whatever other camera you'd like to use). I shot this into a mirror so you could sort of see the process. You view and compose your subject with the Duaflex (seen here), and then focus your digital camera down onto the viewfinder and shoot what you see. During post-processing, you crop the shot into a square, keeping a bit of the black border around the glass.
Here's a good tutorial by Russ Morris that goes more in-depth, and includes how to make a contraption to prevent light leaks on the viewfinder.
