I recently picked up some prismatic window film, which is both reflective and transparent. I experimented with shooting the warped reflections on the surface and then moved on to shooting through it while lighting the model from behind. After going at it a few different ways I decided to start adding layers of texture to it by crinkling the film, splattering water drops on it, and layering up my fingerprints. The best thing about it? It’s portable, rolling up into a small tube…
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I’ve been experimenting with photographing reflections in mylar for four shoots now, and I’m finally starting to get the hang of it. In order to get a good range of movement in the mylar (which translates to warped reflections), I set up an oscillating fan nearby, and turned it on to the lowest setting. The effect ranges from minimal to so abstract that you can’t even tell what you’re looking at, so there’s a bit of luck involved. Every time the fan would pass over the mylar, it would ripple like pond water after a rock was tossed in, so I basically shot like hell and hoped for something good.
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