r e f l e c t i o n s

Reflections are all around us, everywhere we go.  Sometimes they may be less obvious and sometimes they really pop out at us.

Reflections bounce off of glass, cars, water, etc etc ... there's an endless list of things that reflect light to create the image we see.

Sometimes reflections get distorted and sometimes things are crystal clear.  Just like our own vision.  Sometimes we see things from our point of view and sometimes we try to see things from others points of view.  No matter how hard we try though, we always have a bit of distortion in our own vision of something.  I think the way we see things is reflected from our past.  I think our views are reflections of what we've experienced and what we know.  Or maybe it's what we don't know that effects our vision; so we become curious about things and create these great visions of what we want to have or what we want to happen or be.  We might even candy coat things.

Either way -distorted or clear- our eyes see things and interpret them, we look at something and decide what we want to think about it.  Our first impressions are important and lasting, but once you look into things you learn what's really going on.  Just like if you were to look around on a rainy day you'd see reflections of everything in puddles, or raindrops or even the wet streets.  It depends how hard you're trying.  When you walk down the sidewalk on a hot sunny day, with no rain in sight, there are still reflections...they're just harder to see.  I think it could be directly related to how if we look into things in a more caring manner we'd see things that are sometimes forgotten but still important. 

These are some reflection photographs that I personally like: 

Marc Benslahdine ->      www.flickr.com/photos/tripax/5223733307/

Jueno ->    http://www.flickr.com/photos/jueno/3573685222/in/faves-melinwonderland/

Postsumptio  ->      www.flickr.com/photos/postsumptio/4150025738/

Carlos Henrique Reinesch

 

http://yowayowacamera.com/banana/20110101010028.html

http://fuckyeahpink.tumblr.com/

 http://mint-chick.soup.io/

Kimicon ->        http://www.flickr.com/photos/citronnade/1183034088/in/faves-marshmallow1234/

http://kimkiins.tumblr.com/

http://abcdefuckghi.tumblr.com/post/1677469131

3D Video Projections

NuFormer is a company from the Netherlands that creates super sized 3D video projections that show on the sides or fronts of buildings, and more recently indoors on large surfaces like large boxes (there is a video of this here). 

Their work is used for advertising or for entertainment and they're really amazing to watch, especially if you were to watch one in person.

If I ever had the chance to see one of the projections live I would definitely go because I think they're really captivating and impressive.  It's kind of like they take you into another world, in the California video that's posted below the viewer is taken through a visual of many places like the safari, and big city subways, things that usually don't go together well. 

I've only embedded my favourite projection videos in this post, but there are many other videos and projections on their YouTube and Vimeo video channels.  

This is a video showing some of the different kinds of things they can do with the 3D projection:

This is a NuFormer projection for BMW, it was shown over two different buildings :

This is my personal favourite projection, it was done in California, USA : 

Little Things

Why is it that the things we normally can't see or do are soooo interesting to us when we finally get the chance to see or try them?

Maybe it's because we've built up this ongoing anticipation of what something might be like, or how it may look in the end.  We've endlessly wondered, we've imagined all the awesome possibilities of what it could be.

One of my favourite types of photography is macro photography, (really close-up on things).

Like macro, showing you the fine details in something the naked eye normally wouldn't see, I think slow motion films are pretty cool... as long as they're not too slow and end up being boring to watch!

Below is a slow motion film that I thought was pretty good, it made me smile at least.

Locked in a Vegas Hotel Room with a Phantom Flex from Tom Guilmette on Vimeo.

Here are some close-up shots that I like:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/joits

 http://dizzyroad.tumblr.com/

Picture Source 

Picture Source
 

  http://maars01.tumblr.com/
 

http://lefashionglamour.tumblr.com/

When you look at something up close, it's like a whole 'nother world.   It's like you get to see all the little things you never even knew existed.  

Kind of like learning about people.  You see someone and you think about what they're like, but you don't know about all the fine little details that make them up as a person until you get to know them.  It's like seeing the inside story, getting the background behind the person. 

When we see someone and we wonder why they act the way they do, we can only come to conclusions based on the actions they are taking now, unless we do indeed know them well.  If we know this person well then we may be able to understand their situation, understand why they are who they are.  However, if not, we're simply making judgments we're not qualified to make (by qualified I mean if you know the person really well; you're best friends or something similar, maybe siblings.  Then I'd say you can call them out (kindly) on the things they do wrong, as long as you're saying it through loving words).

The fine details in life are all important in the final make up of who/what we are today.