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Richard Hicks (Richard Heeks) first drew the world's attention to pictures bursting bubble. Using high-speed photography, he was able to capture a moment, before the bubble turned into many tiny droplets of water falling down.
Inspired by scenes from the movie "Blade Runner", where a close-up of the pupil of the human eye is reflected fire, Hicks decided to try his hand at photography is the eye. But that all changed when he accidentally inflated bubble and saw incredible reflection on the smooth surface of the bladder. Since then, Richard wondered idea of photographing bubbles, experimenting with different soap solutions and techniques of photography.
He made several thousand pictures before getting one that has become the pride of the photographer. And in his works Hicks does not use any graphic editors. All his pictures evoke thoughts. When the viewer looks at the colorful bubble depth, imagination takes him to another fabulous parallel world in which it is possible to retire and think about his.
Richard Hicks gives some tips for shooting bubbles. Using a dark background will help identify bladder iridescent colors, bright as the background, on the contrary, make it transparent. A thinner is a soap film, the brighter the color. The sun also plays an important role. His reflection gives bright spots and lines.
If you look closely, almost every picture you can see the reflection of the Richard Hicks.
In fact, you need to have incredible endurance and skill in photography to immortalize this fleeting joy - a bubble.
Inspired by scenes from the movie "Blade Runner", where a close-up of the pupil of the human eye is reflected fire, Hicks decided to try his hand at photography is the eye. But that all changed when he accidentally inflated bubble and saw incredible reflection on the smooth surface of the bladder. Since then, Richard wondered idea of photographing bubbles, experimenting with different soap solutions and techniques of photography.
He made several thousand pictures before getting one that has become the pride of the photographer. And in his works Hicks does not use any graphic editors. All his pictures evoke thoughts. When the viewer looks at the colorful bubble depth, imagination takes him to another fabulous parallel world in which it is possible to retire and think about his.
Richard Hicks gives some tips for shooting bubbles. Using a dark background will help identify bladder iridescent colors, bright as the background, on the contrary, make it transparent. A thinner is a soap film, the brighter the color. The sun also plays an important role. His reflection gives bright spots and lines.
If you look closely, almost every picture you can see the reflection of the Richard Hicks.
In fact, you need to have incredible endurance and skill in photography to immortalize this fleeting joy - a bubble.
