I went out early one day for a walk with my camera. I usually go alone, but my daughter begged to go. It had just snowed and the wind was blowing so hard that the snow was drifting in places on the sidewalk.As we walked along, we came across footprints on the side walk. It was the perfect illusion. Even seeing them for real, for a split second on that cold morning I wondered how the footprints had appeared in the cold. I felt kind of silly the next second when I realized they're even a bit yellow and match the house paint of the home we were standing in front of at the time. My daughter agreed that it looked interesting as I snapped away at them.
My husband went to a library sale a few weekends ago. I told if he found any photography books I wanted them. When he came home he had found a few old photography books. I was reading through one called Creating Special Effects; The Kodak Library of Creative Photography. As I was looking through the book they talk about illusions that you can do with your camera. Basically, two things coming into a frame that creates something completely different. It made me think of my snowy footprints. It's not often that I find these perfect shots that come together to create a magnificent illusions.
