crazy experiments

I promised to share some of my crazy experiments, so here goes. I'm obsessed with lighting, as all photographers should be. I love to see the behind-the-scenes setup on where the lights are placed, modified... This book Light: Science and Magic especially appealed to the scientist in me. The authors not only talk about how light behaves, they also demonstrate how light interacts with different materials, like metal, glass, skin, etc etc. Glass is especially a tough one, because it is reflective and transparent at the same time. The trick, as it turns out, is to light it from behind, either white with black edges, or black with white edges.