Surprise
The Call: Stair-step Stella — Cheryl
I take a lot of pictures. I can easily rack up about 400 in a day. I start shooting one subject, notice another, click off one, make an adjustment, click off another. I sometimes don’t even bother looking at the screen on the back of the camera to see what I’ve got. There are days when I download my shots, look through them on the computer and think, “Nothing outstanding here. Nothing even much better than mediocre.” Sometimes, though, I am surprised — taken aback, really — by one particular photo. Today, I took close to 100 pictures of Stella. A couple stood out from the rest. This is one of them. I reduced the image size to fit the Call and Response format. Otherwise, it is straight out of the camera. I don’t even know if I can explain why it’s special. I just know that it is.
The Response: Store — Jessica
I spent all day musing on “surprise” and trying to put together a response. I didn’t really come up with anything until, as I was cooking dinner, I turned around to call someone to do a chore and was surprised by this scene. The kindergartener was practicing his writing and had set up a store. I liked the composition so I grabbed my camera. A few Lightroom adjustments later and I’m surprised (and relieved) that I managed, once again, to pull off a shot for the day.