5 Photographs Taken Through Prisms

We all forgot when we grew up. Prisms are amazing. Here are a few reminders, compliments of this week’s Shooting Challenge.

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Shooting Challenge: Prisms

Shooting Challenge: Prisms

Your 11-year-old self appears at your office. He or she takes a look at what you’ve become—some desk-jockey with yesterday’s Panera Bread crumbs on their cheek, some dystopian deformity of the 11-year-old who built their own time machine just to come see you. He or she doesn’t cry, but you can tell, they’re quite disappointed.

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Your iPhone Has a 3D Display, All You Need Are a Couple of Prisms

A three dimensional projection display is always one of those features teased in the least believable “next iPhone” leaks, but it turns out your phone already has one, sort of. With a couple of prisms and an optical illusion called “pepper’s ghost” just about any screen can summon up 3D graphics. More »

Use a Cheap Prism to Create Amazing Light-Bending Photo Effects

Digital photography is sometimes lambasted for being too clean and too perfect—lacking the character and unpredictability of film. Sure, you can fake it by using filters a la Instagram, but you can also open some creative doors with one wonderfully ‘analog’ tool: a prism. More »