The subject of this first picture is my sister. I had her stand facing the sun and hold the mirror up so we can see the reflection of her face in the mirror, but not her actual face. The background is mostly obscured because of the intense backlighting. This draws more attention to her face in the mirror.
This picture is an example of direct lighting. I used my dad's soprano saxophone as the subject. The body and keys are very reflective and created very hard light under the bright night light that I used here. There is a very short depth-of-field as well, as only a short section of the instrument is in focus.
This last picture was extremely difficult to light correctly. The subject is my sister sitting at a table reflected in the darkened glass doorway to the living room. The glass made a good medium for getting a reflection, but since it was so dark, much of the light was absorbed, making it hard to judge the lighting correctly. I was very pleased with this result.
While the main focus of this roll was mirrors, I also experimented with shiny objects or things that refract light. For this print, I took a wine glass and lit some rubbing alcohol on fire inside the glass. I turned all the lights off to accentuate the effect.
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