Clowning around with this paper mache head my daughter made at camp in my garage. From the moment I saw it; I thought it sort of had a life force to it. So, today while she was back at camp; I snuck into her room and grabbed the head for a little photo time. Since I had no way to hold it, or support it; I had to resort to holding it with an outstretched arm as I photographed. It was a little challenging to say the least, but I had fun doing so. In my garage there are two big windows that let a lot of natural light in. Even though you cannot see the window my goal was to make the clown head appear to be gazing outside. Also, I tried holding it so you could see the window, but it became a distraction. Without the window worked better because it allowed the background to fall off into black. When my daughter got home from camp; I showed this to her and she got a big smile across her face. She immediately started asking me if she could photograph it too. "Maybe", I told her. "I simply cannot allow you to copy my project dear", I informer her. She just stood there giving me a look that said, "Daaaaad, don't be dumb"! After all, why should she settle for a photo of this when she clearly has access to photograph an even bigger clown anytime she wants. I'll let you figure out just who that is.
Happy Shooting.
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