Refraction

These four frames of multi-coloured light came about through a moment of almost inconsequential observation, on an ordinary morning.

I was in one of the bedrooms at my mother’s house in Essex, eastern England, and caught sight of a patch of light on the wall. It was like a rainbow had collapsed onto a flat surface.

It took some time to discover the source of this prism – in another bedroom across the hallway, strong sunlight had caught a silver photograph frame and was throwing its refraction many metres into this mesmerising fallen arc of colour.

I took some shots of this as it changed form and threatened to disappear altogether. Back in London, I simply softened the frames to remove the texture of the wall, which blended the stripes of red, orange, indigo, violet, green and blue.

11 thoughts on “Refraction”

jdtphotography.co.uk on November 29, 2014 at 12:10 said:

A real moment of an “artistic happening” and all while getting dressed. Is there no end to this man’s talent. Great images Mike.

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- mikeosbornphoto on November 29, 2014 at 17:09 said:
  
  Wow, thank you James. High praise indeed. Perhaps the bit about getting dressed was a little too much information :) But you have to drop everything for creative pursuits…
  
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  - jdtphotography.co.uk on November 29, 2014 at 23:31 said:
    
    😂
    
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Noeline Smith on November 24, 2014 at 12:01 said:

Beautiful. I can just see you hunting about for the source – I do the same thing myself!

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- mikeosbornphoto on November 25, 2014 at 11:27 said:
  
  Yes, it took some time to pin it down! I was in the midst of getting dressed when I noticed the rainbow patch – highly inconvenient yet irresistible :)
  
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Laura Bloomsbury on November 22, 2014 at 11:36 said:

Beautiful moments frozen in time – remarkable eye!

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- mikeosbornphoto on November 22, 2014 at 11:56 said:
  
  Thank you very much, Laura! I’m glad I had the camera close at hand.
  
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Marianne on November 22, 2014 at 11:07 said:

Very Rothko-esque! Lovely collection!

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- mikeosbornphoto on November 22, 2014 at 11:14 said:
  
  Thank you Marianne :) It was slightly odd how it all came about…
  
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ckponderings on November 22, 2014 at 10:53 said:

Nice, ethereal images… I see a white wall with a large canvas print of one of these on it! :)

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- mikeosbornphoto on November 22, 2014 at 10:58 said:
  
  Why thanks Richard :) I uploaded one to Redbubble and it’s a great fit for frames and all other products (salespitchsalespitch!)
  
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