The view and Perfection of Real life Reflections in your pho

[jackylaren]

A imagination with an affinity for the digital camera, reflections provide a wealth of photographic opportunities. The natural way in which a camera sees the world - that is, constrained in a frame, and no more than in depth of field - should work really well with the upside-down, inside-out world of the reflection. Let the shot take the lead. Almost all of the most expressive examples of reflections are observed on still water, where they produce magic symmetrical effects.

One day, on a shoot for ‘How to Photograph Absolutely Everything’ I was messing about at the Mirror Pool in the New York Botanical Gardens (which, if you’ve not been to, is well worth a visit at any time, in any weather).

First I investigate the way the reflection changes its shape as I change my position - both from side to side and up and down. Here, I’m looking for a strong shape to emerge. These simply show the scene visible by looking up, but with rippled distortions.

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