Little Magic

A strange and wonderful thing happened today in Jefferson City, as I was photographing at a prayer luncheon. At 1/640th the fluorescent lights took on a life of their own, and my frames were stripped with orange and blueish-green. In this frame, the light became warm all around this woman, and I'm going to consider it a happy accident. At other exposures, you can see the pattern of the ceiling tiles, but I like the softness of this light much better. So there can be magic under fluorescent lights! This is an ongoing story, and much, much more will come later.

*Update* Parker: these are some other frames:

Breath

Taking a break from CPOY and driving the back roads of Missouri. The light is beautiful, even at noon.

Veteran

Here in CPOY, watching all the amazing photographs go by. Whew. I took this on assignment a few days ago, and had a moment to put it up.

Professors Emeriti

Waiting to do a boring photo of a politician today, I hung out in the Senior Center. Super fun:
For the past five years, four professors emeriti from the University of Missouri meet to play pool on Tuesdays and Thursdays at the Senior Center in Columbia. Bob Kvam, PhD., right, professor of accounting for 27 years, readies his shot as Joe Kunce PhD., left, watches. Jim Craigmile PhD. and Earl Lundgren PhD., wait to take their turns. Only people over fifty are allowed to play pool at the Senior Center.

Dacota

Stacey, Dacota's mom: "He's quite the talker. It's just in his nature. he'll go up to just about anyone. He didn't talk until he was two, and he did a lot of garbled mumbling. When he was four he was diagnosed with ADHD and a learning disability, and now he spends half his time in school with special resources and speech therapy. We chose karate because we want to do anything that can bring out his self confidence, get his energy out."

Studio Time Again

Arooj Mohsin, a pre-med student at the University of Missouri, says that while her religion is important to her, she thinks that all good people aren't necessarily religious. "All good people will go to heaven," she says, "as long as they do good things in this lifetime."

Women's Prayer

For the 36 hours project my friend Jenn set me up with an assignment to photograph a women's prayer meeting. I'd love to go back.