Photo Information
Camera Used: Kodak 35mm Instamatic
Film Used: Kodak Gold 100 ASA
Film Processing: Through our local drug store.
Distance Photos Were Taken: About two feet away in a squatting position to shoot at an angle upwards towards the aquarium.
Photography Tips
Tip 1: What made this shot hard to get was that the aquarium was a tall cylinder shape, the room was dark, and our camera did not have an automatic flash shut off feature. With the rounded shape of the aquarium, how not to get the reflection of the flash in the picture was puzzling. With most flat surface aquarium fronts you can stand at an angle and shoot from the side of the aquarium to avoid this problem. But rounded? We ended up stooping down and shooting up from the bottom. We wouldn't know the result of our endeavors until after the film was developed. As you can see, we did end up with some flash reflection, but in the long run it is one of our favorite photographs we have ever taken.
Tip 2: Make sure you take more than one shot of a particular subject at various distances and positions. Undoubtedly some of the pictures will come out better than others, so this way you have many to choose from to work with, rather than relying on one single shot that may or may not be a good photo.
