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Assignment: PCA86 –

Deadline: November 22, 2009 (one week)

Image Tag: pca86

From: Lea and Luna 101 (Lea)

 

Mission: For this assignment you get to think like a kid again. Photograph something or someone from a childs point of view. What makes kids happy - how do they have fun - how do they see the world?

 

This does not have to be pictures of kids, although it can be. But, pictures of how kids view the world, which to them can be like one giant adventure.

 

WIT

We visited a friend of ours who is recovering from months of discomfort and pain from chemotherapy. She is a grandmother and gets to look after her grandson while his mother works.

 

Losing your hair from chemotherapy can be traumatic and is a badge that you have to wear during and after treatment. My friend says that her grandson is one of the few people who wanted to touch her head and he positively beamed when he did so today.

 

This was a candid image, shot hand-held (with her permission in advance) in natural light.

 

I wanted to focus on the hand and head and even though his smile was cute, I decided to crop tight to keep it so.

 

I did a little selective dodging and burning and added a gradient map for the black and white.

Done