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Weekend Hashtag Project: #WHPreflective

Weekend Hashtag Project is a series featuring designated themes and hashtags chosen by Instagram’s Community Team. For a chance to be featured on the Instagram blog, follow @instagram and look for a post announcing the weekend’s project every Friday.

The goal this weekend is to make photos and videos of creative and surprising reflections.

Here’s how to get started:

Explore as many types of reflective surfaces as you can find — from pools of water to porcelain plates and even the shiny metallic holiday decorations adorning homes and shop windows this time of year.

Pay special attention to how light can bounce off reflective surfaces and what it looks like at different times of day. Try playing with a particularly reflective element to create interesting spots of light and shadow on the subject of your photo.

Reflections can be crystal clear and create a mirrorlike effect or be more abstract and meld together two scenes. Be sure to look for examples of each to photograph for this weekend’s project.