Shot for the UTATA Iron Photographer 26.
Once again I have to credit the girlfriend on this shot. I had no idea what I was going to shoot, but she came up with this idea pretty quickly. I think she had fun arranging all the little hearts.
The elements required for this shot:
1. A Key
2. Something old
3. Shot close up.
The little chest was given to my girlfriend by her grandfather a long time ago.
Strobist Info: Sigma EF 500 DGSuper at 1/4 Power, through a Lumiquest Soft Box triggered via a Pocket Wizard Plus II.
Here are the elements for IP 26:
1 - a key
2 - something old
3 - close up
The first element is a key. You can take this literally or metaphorically. If you go the metaphoric route, we'd appreciate it if you can offer up a convincing road map for it.
When we say something old we're referring to something that has existed for a long time. I know we're going to be asked to define 'a long time' (hell, given past IP experience, we're probably going to be asked to define 'exist'). So let's just say 'old' means something at least 20 years old. BUT the old thing cannot also be the key. You can have an old key, but the key must have a separate existence from the old thing (there's that 'exist' again).
The final element, close up, should be fairly self explanatory.
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