REFLECT ON PHOTOGRAPHY
by Adrienne
Lubbe
The thing
about reflections is that you need to train your photographer's eye to
see them.
Instead of
just seeing the most obvious subject matter, you need to be aware of
reflections so
that you can look out for them, and in that way capture a more
imaginative
photo other than the standard 'tree reflected on the dam'.
Below are a
whole lot of examples of where you might find a good reflection and
how you could
tweak them.
In a city, look
out for those glass buildings and window panes
that would
reflect the opposite side of the street and other buildings.
This church,
taken at different times of the day, shows how the sun reflecting on the
window panes,
creates the illusion that lights are on inside the church.
The reflection of the photographer (Teegan van Bassen) is shown in the
eye of the horse,
almost creating an illusion of seeing what the horse can see.
Dark glasses
are a great to 'see' the setting of the photograph.
Creating formal balance with a reflection where the bottom half of the
photo mirrors the
top half can creates an interesting effect, but is pretty standard.
The photographer (Hayley Webber) in this example only took a photo of
the reflection
and not the person, creating only half of the image compared to the
example of the
building above where you can see the building and the reflection.
This makes it a little different.
Instead of
having perfectly still water to create the perfect mirror image, why not
throw
a stone into
the water to create some ripples?
Create a page,
reflecting on your thoughts.
REFLECT ON THESE THINGS!
