Shrink & Grow: How to Photograph

Height Change & Other Vortex Phenomena

Photography is the best way to prove the phenomenon. A photograph of the event will capture what the eyes see, and sometimes what they did not see. Measuring the height change within a set of before-and-after photos proves that the phenomena is genuine.

Taking good photos of the height change phenomenon

Be sure the camera is an equal distance from both demonstrators. Find the center point between your two demonstrators and measure back to the desired camera position at a 90-degree angle. Point the camera at the center of the demonstration, not at either end. An illusion of a height change can be created by a skewed platform, but the real phenomenon of “size change” can not be simulated.

Demonstrators should pay attention to each other, while the observers carefully watch both people as they walk past one another and change places.

To be sure the two photos are comparable in every way, a tripod is desirable so that the camera height from the ground and the tilt of the lens stay the same from one shot to the next. If you are using a digital camera, it’s a good idea to have a film camera as a backup, since digital cameras and other electronic devices are likely to malfunction.

Photographs capture the effects of the vortex. Take pictures of yourself on each end of these platforms, then measure yourself in the photos. If you are two inches tall in a photo taken on the south platform, you are likely to be an inch and seven/eighths on the north platform.

Any type of camera will work fine to capture the “shrink and grow” phenomena.

Other ways to take height change photos

In the first variation, one of the two people who change places on the demonstration platform takes the photos. For the second variation, the person being photographed stands still halfway between camera positions, on the Line of Demarcation.