you can't start a fire without a spark

so today was my third photography class and the assignment we were supposed to bring in to class was a portrait (or three) that incorporated interesting lighting. she never expounded on the interesting and so i heard it as quirky or strange. i had thought of several things i wanted to do, most of them involving galena and incredibly large shadows or the glow of a candle but come last night i had not gotten around to any of them. in fact, i had all but decided that i was going to go empty handed to class. but then as i lay in bed wrestling with sleep i had pangs of guilt and this dreaded feeling that i was just being a lazy whiney ass so i got up (well past midnight)and rallied marko into the dark bedroom to play with a flashlight. these are what i came up with and in the end i am glad i brought something.

i still think my creative lighting needs some work though. try and try again they say. we'll see.