During my furlough, I spent some time with my camera. I didn’t make much time for photography in previous years as a result of school, so this seemed like a good opportunity to get back into the saddle. And, unlike what few photography sessions I made time for in the recent past, I attempted to do so without exploring a new environment. Architectural, landscape, and place-based photography is my bread and butter, so I decided to switch things up. I worked with macro photography and some different prism materials to create compositions around our apartment. The change of pace was nice - it was a release to experiment, release, and not put so much pressure on myself to make “good” pictures. I hope I can continue this practice more regularly moving forward, since it reminded me why I fell in love with photography to begin with.
Looking through a colorful prism out my office door to the building across the street.
Detail of small rainbows produced from one of my prisms in my office window.
A rare self-portrait, taken with a colorful prism distorting my face.
View out one of our living room windows to the street, photographed through a filter that produces rainbows in the light.
My hand basking in one of the many rainbows that now travel through our living spaces in the afternoon.
Macro image of a rainbow bismuth crystal