I’ve been looking for things to try out with this Canon 50mm lens I got, and I found this idea in a random photography tricks group I found on Facebook. I didn’t think I’d be able to do it correctly but wanted to experiment with it myself anyway. I was pleasantly surprised that they actually turned out well. It’s been done a million times already on the internet but nothing is entirely original anyway.
All I did was grab my iPad and use procreate to draw out some random color patterns and shapes. I tried different ones to see which would create the best reflections. The more contrasty and colorful ones seemed to work best. I took one little lightbulb off of a spare set of string lights I don’t really use and put it on top of my iPad. I set up my camera and turned off the lights. I’m still learning how to use my camera in manual mode. I played around with the settings a little bit til I found what I liked best. I also tried the same thing with a crystal object instead of the lightbulb, and with using a small mirror behind the iPad to reflect more colors. These were edited a little bit in Lightroom to bring the colors out and sharpen them more.
I’ve only had this 50mm lens for a few days but I’m already obsessed with it.
