Photos Taken Through A Prism - A Simple Trick That Really Impresses
Something for those who, like me, like to surprise the customer with some unexpected effect straight from the camera.
A simple gadget that works great in ambient light, gives a variety of and really surprising effects, and it fits in your pocket.
The prism, because we are talking about it, breaks image and allows you to move and rotate its elements - just choose the subject,
and the prism will take care of the rest and make the most trivial scene in the most ordinary place something magical.
You can use it to grab and move an element of the environment, as in the picture below -
rainbow patterns are nothing more than tree branches that I grabbed above the model's head and placed in the foreground.
rainbow patterns are nothing more than tree branches that I grabbed above the model's head and placed in the foreground.
You can also duplicate your subject, like here. In addition, to catch some spring vibe, I held a branch of artificial flowers in front of the prism, which it broke into pieces. The wreath on the head of the reflected model and the whole kaleidoscope around is a twig passed through a prism.
It works perfectly as a filling of voids or covering uninteresting elements, an invaluable thing in wedding photography,
in a nasty room or in a modern church that is empty. The gadget is small, so it will be perfect for those who are discreet in the reportage.
In the photo below, the entire right side is filled with a prism, in fact there is an empty field and several branches behind the model's back.
The prism likes ambient light, but I also tried it in the studio - it works great in flash light.
It prefers closed apertures, although when open it also gives quite interesting effects of mists and blurs, as in the photo below.
Pryzmat has been following me for some time, of course I searched the Internet and visited different sellers. I found a prism as an equipment for a physics laboratory,
but it wasn't exactly what I was looking for. First of all, I was interested in a glass prism with beveled short sides, those for physicists (at a reasonable price) are cut straight.
I also wanted an opening to be able to mount or hang the prism to something. I finally found a manufacturer who got me exactly what I was looking for.
The prism I used can be found HERE>>
