Viewed from Every Angle
This is a story where something good came from something not so good. Last year, I was doing some photography out of doors using a mirror, when a sudden and unexpected gust of wind blew the mirror over, shattering it into a thousand pieces. I threw away most of the mirror, for it was beyond repair and of no use, except for a few large pieces, which I held onto with my usual British attitude of “they may come in handy some day”. And one day they did! I was given a beautiful millefiori glass teapot by a friend. The patterns were so pretty all over it that I wanted to capture them all in one shot. But how? Then I worked it out! Using two pieces of the broken mirror I managed to capture all sides of the teapot! Thus, the pieces of broken mirror came in handy in the end.
The theme for “Smile on Saturday” for the 5th of October is “mirror or mirror glass”, a theme where rather than being about reflections in transparent glass or reflective surfaces other than mirror glass; it's about (reflections in) mirrors and (pieces of) mirror glass. It’s about an actual 'mirror' OR 'mirror glass' that's used for a different purpose... mostly for 'artwork'. I hope that this image fits the bill for this week’s theme, that you like it, and that it makes you smile!
Viewed from Every Angle
This is a story where something good came from something not so good. Last year, I was doing some photography out of doors using a mirror, when a sudden and unexpected gust of wind blew the mirror over, shattering it into a thousand pieces. I threw away most of the mirror, for it was beyond repair and of no use, except for a few large pieces, which I held onto with my usual British attitude of “they may come in handy some day”. And one day they did! I was given a beautiful millefiori glass teapot by a friend. The patterns were so pretty all over it that I wanted to capture them all in one shot. But how? Then I worked it out! Using two pieces of the broken mirror I managed to capture all sides of the teapot! Thus, the pieces of broken mirror came in handy in the end.
The theme for “Smile on Saturday” for the 5th of October is “mirror or mirror glass”, a theme where rather than being about reflections in transparent glass or reflective surfaces other than mirror glass; it's about (reflections in) mirrors and (pieces of) mirror glass. It’s about an actual 'mirror' OR 'mirror glass' that's used for a different purpose... mostly for 'artwork'. I hope that this image fits the bill for this week’s theme, that you like it, and that it makes you smile!