Recently a good friend sent me a small kaleidoscope as a graduation present. It is fun to look through and being me, I had to find a way to shoot a camera through it…so I did. Here are a few of the images taken through it.
I guess I have been in an experimental mood lately with my photography. Lots of abstract and more graphic type images.
This one is a picture of the dog JB who lives with my-friend-bob-smith-who-lives-downstairs.
Katie’s cat Lucy
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I shot these with my 50mm prime lens by cutting a cardboard mask to fit the inside diameter of the lens, then cut a kaleidoscope sized hole in the middle of that. Now all the light hitting the sensor had to come through the kaleidoscope.
Depending on what aperture I used, the image would be circular or full-frame. There was some detail loss with a shallower depth of field, but nothing drastic.
It turns out that the best setting is somewhere in the middle of the range ~f/4-f/8.
Well that’s it for today, another experimental day in paradise. Should have some more fun concept shoots coming your way in the next few weeks, so keep your eyes peeled.
Taylor Mahoney Photography 