For my Photography class, I have to do an entire film roll of reflections and refractions. But the thing is, I have no idea what to take pictures of.
Photography-Need advice for project.
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reflections is basically using mirrors to your creativity.
refractions, however, i think this will be cool
get a triangular prism and shine a light from a flashlight from one side and you'll get to see that different wavelengths of light gets bent at different angle in the prism and thus giving you that rainbow spectrum.
speaking of rainbows, rainbows are also caused by refraction. whent he sun is out, turn on your water sprinkler. move around abit and you'll eventually find a spot where you can see a rainbow. that's also another thing you can photograph for refraction.
what's gonna be cool for reflection, however, is if you set THREE LARGE WALL MIRRORS of the same length (height) in a triangular setting. so kinda like the triangular prism in that picture, only put the mirrors on the sides of the triangle, with the mirror facing the INSIDE of the triangle
then stand (or squat, if you put the mirror on the ground) IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SET UP and you'll see an infinite reflections of yourself.
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ideas for reflections:
- take a picture of two (or more mirrors) put an angle to each other then placing an object in the middle of them producing many images.
- use the same setup of mirrors but use lights. if you have many different colored lasers that would be great but using an ordinary flashlight covered with a colored transparent film will also be great.
- zero gravity. yes, this might sound weird, but if you have a very big mirror (or a very small object) place the object such that half of it is visible when looked at the mirror. since most objects have symmetries, the mirror will reflect the other half of the object making it seem like a whole object. now, the hidden part of your object should be placed on a table (or anything of greater height) to simulate the object floating in mid-air. you can do it with people too. have one of their feet curled up and the other standing up, now face the mirror. view it in front and you'll see two curled up feet floating in mid-air. XD
(the main problem with reflections is that when taking shots of material objects, like the movement of a billiard ball hitting the table, is that you can't really capture it, unless your camera is a motion-type one, or a recorder)
for refractions:
- small aquariums with toys usually are good for this, simulating the effect that things are bent.
(i'll add more if i think of cool stuff XD)
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-Those oil(?) puddles that have that shimmery rainbow look at certain angles.
-You could also use metallic surfaces for the reflections such as cars, beer bottles, spoons, crystal balls etc, if you don't want to use mirrors. Magnifiers and glasses might also make good subjects.As for refraction, I can only think of the straw in water scenario.
Good luck though.
Bounce
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I have another project: Sillouetes and shadows. I know abut shadows, but what about silouetes? How would I capture them?
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silhouettes are best caught at dusk by a watery environment, IMO, just because my classmate had the highest mark in my photography class last sem with a picture of a fisherman throwing a net in the sea with this awesome backdrop of the sun setting. :XD:
but you can also do it outdoors, capture shadows on the wall and try to keep using natural lighting. this is probably best during noon when the light is at its brightest. manual lighting is also an option if you're gonna take pictures indoors.
here's a few piccies i found from yahoo:
good luck! :laugh:
oh! just asking, are you using b/w or colour films?
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silhouettes eh? you can just put a really bright light behind your object. it's like the palm tree scenery during sunset when all the palmtrees look black because the sun is so low.
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Sorry to bump this up again, but I'm having trouble coming up with something for my final project. I'm supposed to take photos for a slideshow, then chose a song that goes along with them. I don't know if any of you can help me with this, like what to take, or which song to chose.
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it really depends on if you have a song in mind, normally for a slide show people choose like slow songs. i would suggest going over your mp3/cd collection and finding a few songs that you really like and listen to each one like 5 or so times in a row and just start writing down things that you think of when you are listening to the music. it is easier to take pictures once you have a song than having pictures and try matching them to a song. hope that helped
