This Photographer's Amazing Technique Will Change How You Look At Weddings
Peter Adams-Shawn captures wedding moments through guests’ eyes.
Australian photographer Peter Adams-Shawn of Memories of Tomorrow is getting attention for his unconventional "eyescape" wedding pictures.
"Eyescapes" is what he calls his photos of the reflections of wedding-day activities on guests' eyeballs.
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Adams-Shawn gets up close and personal with couples and their families — about a foot away, to be exact — and snaps photos of the ceremony, the bride getting ready, and other activity.
The result is a totally unique and often mesmerizing look at everyday wedding scenes.
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"I've always had a thing for reflections," Adams-Shawn told BuzzFeed Life.
He took his first eyescape in Oct. 2011 after toying around with a reflection he saw in a client's eye. He was pleased with the effect, but didn't start taking them regularly until Nov. 2014.
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He entered his second eyescape, seen here, into the International Loupe Awards last year, which brought more attention to his unusual technique.
Adams-Shawn told BuzzFeed Life that he knows of only a few other photographers who take similar pictures, but none that take them consistently or during ceremonies, like he does.
Loupe judges labeled his snapshots unrealistic, assuming they'd been made from composites.
The head judge later issued an apology, noting that Adams-Shawn's eyescapes are all single shots.
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