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Requirement 3: Experiment with Light | "Execute"

April 12

 

I'm certainly no botanist, but my understanding is that sometimes things happen, and petals fall to the ground. It's a completely natural process, although sometimes it isn't. Regardless of the specifics, when the "Czar" variation of the camellia japonica experiences this process the ground ends up blanketed in flowers as whole and vibrant as their siblings still attached above. Somewhere in the recesses of my noggin one could hear the *ding* of a plan being formed. I prefer to leave scenes like this undisturbed - what a shame it would be to rob others of the same visual experience I was lucky enough to enjoy - but measured selfishness is necessary for happiness, so I picked 3 favorites from the piles on the ground and spirited them home. Heist complete, work began on my first ever photos with staged lighting.

 

I started experiencing an itch last summer. In the long carpools from home to work and work to home we managed to diagnose it as years of little creative outlet. Ideas for alleviating this itch were discussed, concepts extensively written in notes apps, zero progress ever made. This photo, conceived in a minute and executed within the hour, was a victory.

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Uploaded on May 31, 2019
Taken on April 12, 2019