A Pattern of Words

Running to a friend’s house on a dreary and oh-so-cold January day will put a leap into any girl’s step.

I’m trying to be light-handed on edits this year – no photoshopping out random twigs or electrical poles to make the image cleaner, no touching up of faces to get rid of pimples or cuts. Dodging and burning is ok, since that’s basic darkroom stuff. Color tweaking and contrast are also fine. This image bummed me out, though, because the colors were just flat. It was overexposed. The composition isn’t great either. But it was so cold outside that I snapped it in a rush and then forgot to try again for something better while hurrying to catch up to N. And then suddenly the day was over and this was the only salvageable photo I’d taken. I do like that neither of her feet are touching the ground, though. A little Richard Avedone moment that makes me want to revisit his work.