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Mirrored in the young flower girl's eyes was a beautiful scene: A bride was spending her last moments as an unmarried woman readying herself to walk down the aisle, and it is through the girl's youthful gaze that Peter Adams-Shawn captured the intimate moment.
He took a photograph of the girl's eye, and by doing so captured the scene not through his lens, but through hers.
Mr Adams-Shawn, 37, is an eyescape photographer.
Window to the soul: Photographer Peter Adams-Shawn takes eyescape images of scenes reflected in peoples' eyes
Mirror image: The self-taught photographer first used the technique to capture a flower girl watching a bride get ready
His work allows him to create intimacy in his photos as he captures a scene reflected in the eyes of another.
The technique is one he has learned to perfect since he started his business Memories of Tomorrow Photography in 2007, and one that has become synonymous with his name.
After the initial shot Mr Adams-Shawn, who is a self-taught photographer based in Western Australia's Binningup, continued to test the technique and found with the right lighting, he could do it quite easily.
Eyescape: By capturing moments reflected in another's eyes Mr Adams-Shawn creates intimacy in his photos
Watching on: He took an un-posed photo of a bride and groom's son as he watched his parents exchange vows
Setting the scene: He said taking the perfect photograph had a lot to do with lighting, both around the eye of the subject and the lighting of the scene
'The eye surface itself is really quite good, it's like a curved mirror, and in every single person that curvature is the same,' he told Daily Mail Australia.
'When you are taking a shot there are two different sets of lighting: the light around the eye of the subject and the lighting of the scene that's being reflected.'
While it depends on the quality of the lighting as to whether he can take the shot, Mr Adams-Shaw n said eyescape photography had become a part of his regular work.
Beautiful: 'The eye surface itself is really quite good, it's like a curved mirror, and in every single person that curvature is the same,' he said
See what I see: Eyescapes have become a part of his wedding photography in addition to more traditional photos
Natural look: The photographs require very little editing, making the reflections look real
He has done both posed and candid eyescapes, but said capturing it in the moment was difficult as he did not always have the right camera lens.
He said the raw files required very little editing.
He said one of his best eyescapes captured an un-posed moment during the ceremony.
'The bride and groom's two-year-old boy was the ri ng bearer or page boy and he was standing watching the ceremony with the guests,' he said.
Intimate moment: 'The bride and groom's two-year-old boy was the ring bearer or page boy and he was standing watching the ceremony with the guests,' he said
'I glanced across and the lighting conditions were perfect, in between shooting the couple saying their vows I took three frames of him and got two.
'The reflection was just perfect for it.'
Mr Adams-Shawn has also taken groups shots using the technique.
'My rule is I just try to be different and do something different at all times,' he said.
The photographer travels both nationally and abroad for work, and also uses couples' wedding rings to take similar reflective images.
Versatile: As well as single shots of the bride and groom, the technique can be used to take group shots of wedding guests
Special touch: Mr Adams-Shawn also takes reflective images in couples' wedding rings
Source: Photographer's beautiful pictures capture intimate wedding day moments reflected in the guests' eyes
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