Reflections

When an idea comes to me, it is usually quite cavalier about the practicalities of its implementation. Some of them take months to construct, and challenge my craft skills. Others, like this one, challenge photography skills. The idea was to have one character trying to connect with the other, but with his reflection imposed as a barrier between them. Symbolically appealing, but very difficult to photograph a reflection (especially without photographing the camera itself). I suspended a piece of clear plexiglass between the figures (holes drilled, tied to boom at just the right height). Then I spent some hours fiddling with lighting. This involved several light sources for the figures themselves, and lights specifically focussed to maximize the intensity of a reflection legible by the camera. Very difficult but I think in the end the point comes across.