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set them up and they 1. What day of the
seem to get in the year is it? (A question
way. My eye prob- that determines the
lems worsen as my answers to most of the
irises continue to de- following questions.)
teorate, but I see quite 2. Where am I? (A
well in very low light. question about lati-
Even when working tude and longitude.)
in places that are not 3. What time of day?
burned-out or aban- (A question about
doned, I find we don’t light temperature.)
need much light. The 4. What are the an-
methodology works gle, direction, and
extremely well. Two intensity of light?
of the photos that 5. What is the vol-
were awarded Im- ume of light present?
age of the Day (One
Model Place) and one Answering these five
that received a Daily questions told me
Deviation on Deviant- everything I needed
Art were created us- to know. I just had to
ing our methodology resolve the technical
and a couple of remotely triggered flashes. problems. I placed the second flash at the top
of the stairs over isis’s head, then pointed it at
t was so dark in the stairwell a gold reflector which directed the light across
that I could hardly see isis. I knew the the stairwell and landing so that it would
Ishoot would be over if I didn’t come up bounce off the walls and be “forced” into the
with some way to get through this. I knew the stairwell. I aimed the flash on the camera away
methodology worked, but I needed some light. from isis so that it would discharge against
Any light. the lightly colored walls, wrap around us, and
I remembered reading an article that said the light her. It worked. The shadows were soft,
Canon 580 EXIIs had a receiver in them and the color of her skin perfect, the detail in her
that they could be fired when another 580 EXII outfit stunning. I could even see the grain of
was triggered. So, despite the fact that I had no the wood.
working trigger, I did what I could to analyze I felt a certain satisfaction as I sat on the
the options. I hate (read HATE) using the flash landing of that abandoned building after the
on my camera except when I work events, but I shoot ended. I took my time putting my gear
knew that I had no other option. If I could use away. I had come full circle: Back to 2005, back
one mounted on the camera to trigger the other to the burned-out house, back to the comment
flash, I might get something out of this shoot. made by JD so long ago—a comment tied to a
Following our lighting methodology, I asked place that forever changed the way I see and
myself the implementation questions required: experience the world.

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