Reflections are too much fun to ignore. Photography is all about light, so bouncing the image around off of various surfaces seems like a natural.
Bottom Line: Reflections are troublesome, but worth the trouble.
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This is the classic mirror shot from zillions of movies, minus the killer sneaking up from behind.
105mm, f19, studio flash
The enlarging mirror distorts. We played with the angles until we could fill the mirror with Nicole's slightly stretched mug.
100mm, f16, multiple studio flashes
The silver pitcher not only reflects by gives a whole funhouse take on things. Note that Nicole is there three times — once on the left, plus twice in the pitcher.
100mm, f11, studio flash
I suppose this is a modern take on Narcissus who fell in love with his reflection in a pool of water. Surely if that took place today he would have seen himself in the back window of a Honda?
By the way, Nicole maneuvered into position for me to get the reflection just right. But she could not see herself at all. We cheated.
85mm, f6.7, 1/250, ISO 1600
We got a piece of two-way mirror and set it up you you can see Nicole and me taking her photo. This shows two things:
1. You can do some interesting work with a two-way mirror.
2. It is good that this is the ONLY photo me in the project, aside from the About Me page.
80mm, f16, studio flash
More fun with a partial mirror. Nicole is merging with the fish themed paper background.
100mm, f11, studio flash
I remember seeing someone reflected in a coffee cup, so it seem a natural for this section. We jumped through many hoops to get this shot.
50mm, f19, Speedlites, ISO 1600
The door window is another partial mirror, and this kind of situation comes up pretty often in our world, with so many windows.
24mm, f8, 1/125, ISO 1600
This is the classic mirror shot from zillions of movies, minus the killer sneaking up from behind.
105mm, f19, studio flash
The enlarging mirror distorts. We played with the angles until we could fill the mirror with Nicole's slightly stretched mug.
100mm, f16, multiple studio flashes
The silver pitcher not only reflects by gives a whole funhouse take on things. Note that Nicole is there three times — once on the left, plus twice in the pitcher.
100mm, f11, studio flash
I suppose this is a modern take on Narcissus who fell in love with his reflection in a pool of water. Surely if that took place today he would have seen himself in the back window of a Honda?
By the way, Nicole maneuvered into position for me to get the reflection just right. But she could not see herself at all. We cheated.
85mm, f6.7, 1/250, ISO 1600
We got a piece of two-way mirror and set it up you you can see Nicole and me taking her photo. This shows two things:
1. You can do some interesting work with a two-way mirror.
2. It is good that this is the ONLY photo me in the project, aside from the About Me page.
80mm, f16, studio flash
More fun with a partial mirror. Nicole is merging with the fish themed paper background.
100mm, f11, studio flash
I remember seeing someone reflected in a coffee cup, so it seem a natural for this section. We jumped through many hoops to get this shot.
50mm, f19, Speedlites, ISO 1600
The door window is another partial mirror, and this kind of situation comes up pretty often in our world, with so many windows.
