Mirror Images

          In February of this year, 2017, while with Curtis Salonick and The Uncommon Imaging Group, I really caught the mirror bug.  I've made mirror images before then, but that was the start of turning it into an obsession. 

           Curt soon strongly suggested that I check myself into mirror rehab, and I've been holed-up in the digital darkroom avoiding the folks in white coats ever since.  Shane McGeehan's admission of suffering this affliction for 18 months strangely spurred me onward. 

          In the past, because there were so few, the mirrors were mixed in with normal images in the galleries.  Since the idée fixe, not only have they been given their own space, but many are becoming galleries within galleries.  That is, when you open the displayed gallery, you are faced with a selection of all the mirror galleries in that particular shoot.  For example, the June Concrete City gallery opens to a gallery of 25 images.  When you open one of those images, it takes you to a whole gallery of images made from the same shot.  Is there a stronger word than "addiction" for this activity?  [As of 2021 most of the mirrors are back to being placed with the main  gallery for the shoot,  There are few exceptions below.]

       In May I even went back to older files to redo some images with mirrors.  The file naming was also improved.  Eventually visualization (a technique whereby one can see what can be made in the darkroom by looking at the subject in the field) also improved, and started to occur even without a camera in hand. 

       Two interesting perks with these mirrors is that the images your mind contrives usually change when seen in different sizes and from various distances; they can also change as you scrutinize details within the image.  These unintended bonuses add interactive enjoyment that continually renews with each view.  These images are more than just colorful Rorschach tests; they are somehow symmetrically soothing, and so should be shared.  If anyone would like a zip file or CD of a bunch, let me know.  They're cool to run as a slideshow in the background or while you become engrossed.  Enjoy whatever happens. 

        Whereas the mirror galleries will still be listed on the chronology pages, they henceforth will not be also added to the appropriate park page.  They will be conveniently housed here for the similarly obsessed.

Galleries in chronological order of creation (most recent first):


FWD Mirrors
February 9, 2022

Steamtown Mirrors
August 12, 2020

Worlds End Mirrors
February 19, 2020

Hollenback Cemetery
January 3, 2019

Ye Olde Good Things
November 28, 2018

Worlds End Mirrors
October 24, 2018

Hamburg Mirrors
September 29, 2018

Iceland
September, 2018

Grey Towers, PA
August 25, 2018

Wlkes-Barre, PA
May 16, 2018
snow
Ricketts Glen SP
April 26, 2018
snow
Frances Slocum SP
April 21, 2018
snow
TUIG - Home
April 12, 2018
snow
Concrete City
January 18, 2018
snow
Lehigh Gorge SP, PA
December 20, 2017
snow
Pinelands, NJ
October, 2017
snow
PA State Parks
October 5, 2017
snow
Rice Dam
September 28, 2017
snow
TUIG
September 14, 2017
snow
Ricketts Glen/Sullivan Falls
September 1, 2017
snow
Mirrors Intro Video
August 19, 2017
snow
Steamtown NHS
August 10, 2017
snow
Concrete City
August 1, 2017
snow
Little Rocky Glen
July 25, 2017
snow
Hickory Run/Lehigh Gorge
July 13, 2017
snow
Concrete City
June 23, 2017
snow
Hollenback Cemetery
June 22, 2017
snow
Ephrata Coister
June 8, 2017
snow
Batso Village
June 1, 2017
snow
Zion
October 31, 2016
snow
Bryce Canyon
October 29 & 30, 2016
snow
Steamtown
April 16, 2016
snow
Concrete City
January 7, 2016
snow
Steamtown NHS
December 15, 2015
snow
Solomons Creek
December 7, 2015
snow
Steamtown NHS
October 7, 2015
snow
Concrete City
April 11, 2015
snow
Luray Caverns
March 21, 2015
snow
Little Rocky Glen
March 11, 2015
snow
Reading Railroad 4
May 17, 2017
snow
Reading Railroad 3
May 17, 2017
snow
Reading Railroad 2
May 17, 2017
snow
Reading Railroad 1
May 17, 2017
snow
More Yard Work
May 16, 2017
snow
Trees and Mirrors
May 6, 2017
snow
Skyline Drive
April 28, 2017
snow
TUIG
April 20, 2017
snow
TUIG
February 16, 2017

Please contact me with any suggestions, additions or omissions.