"Only those who attempt the absurd will achieve the impossible"
-M.C. Escher
I am always up for trying wacky things in my photography because I love to see what weird things happen when I do.
Sometimes those odd ideas turn into something really cool aaaand sometimes they don't.
This past week I tried using saran wrap on and around my lens.
I have done it once before, but it was too dark outside and nothing really turned out, so I decided to give it another go.
Some of the photos I liked a lot, and others I wasn't as impressed with.
For example:
[Without saran wrap & backlit]
[With saran wrap & backlit]
Personally I LOVE this. Call me weird because you can't even see her face let alone her form, but I just love the mystery and the almost 'light leaked' effect I got.
[With saran wrap & not backlit, but still in the sun]
Not a huge fan of this one, but I still love the ethereal look the image takes on. It became very soft, which in turn made all the edges soft. It seemed a little whimsical to me even.
After I got a few shots in the setting sun I wanted to head into a heavily wooded area where I would get little to no sunlight, so that I could toy with the effect of the saran wrap in that sort of setting.
For example:
[Without saran wrap & low light]
[With saran wrap & low light]
Again a very soft almost foggy look, but I like the way the saran wrap effected the low light situation a lot more than the way it effected the fully lit situation.
I feel like it adds a lot more emotion to the image.
[Without saran wrap & low light]
[With saran wrap & low light]
I changed the angle and things a bit here, but I just love the softness and mystery that takes place when using the saran wrap.
Don't get me wrong, the striking color in the images without are beautiful, but I think the emotion is so much more prevalent in the ones with it being used.
Now to get free-lensing down ;)
