Obfuscation

for any camera
Obfuscating: Making things visually richer by making them harder to see.

What if we put some frosted or textured glass between Nicole and the camera? We did, and got some very cool images. Pure experimentation has potential rewards.

Bottom Line: Keep your eyes open for ANYTHING that makes for interesting images.

Since the focus was on the flat glass the focal length and fstop don't really matter much, but here they are:
1/125 (with TTL flashes on both sides of Nicole) f 5.6 95 mm 24-105mm ISO200

(While Click and Clack did not invent the word "obfuscation" they have popularized it on their radio show Car Talk. An example.)

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Just to establish a baseline of closeness, we had Nicole come all the way up to the glass, and just for the heck of it, give it a kiss.

Now she moved back just enough not to touch the glass.

She moved back an inch or so.

About three inches from the glass.

About 5 inches from the glass. I really like how this came out — it reminds me of "The Scream" the famous painting by Munch.

The Scream

About 7 inches from the glass.

9 inches from the glass.

About a foot from the glass.

Just to establish a baseline of closeness, we had Nicole come all the way up to the glass, and just for the heck of it, give it a kiss.

Now she moved back just enough not to touch the glass.

She moved back an inch or so.

About three inches from the glass.

About 5 inches from the glass. I really like how this came out — it reminds me of "The Scream" the famous painting by Munch.

The Scream

About 7 inches from the glass.

9 inches from the glass.

About a foot from the glass.