52Frames Low Key Photo Challenge

For whatever reason I haven’t been enamored with the photo challenge subjects for the last few weeks. And when “low key” came around last week I was even less enthusiastic. Even though I have an iPhone 14 pro, it hasn’t seemed to make any difference in the photo quality. If anything I need to depend on the editing process to get the images sharper and better looking. So when we visited the Hirshhorn Museum in search of low key photos it was going to take a lot of imagination and editing. I remembered that there were a few light exhibits so we headed to them. The idea wasn’t to see the light itself, but to see the light on a subject. A lot of times I use my husband as the subject - which I ended up doing again this week. But there were a few contenders outside of his. There were two girls hanging around the dark exhibit looking interesting and taking photos. I pretended like I was doing the same thing - but I was taking photos of them. Then we went to another section where the art was being projected on a blank screen. A young lady was playing in front of the screen but stopped when she thought we wanted no one in the frame. So we moved to the next section and I asked my husband to move in front of the screen. It took about eleven tries to get one that was somewhat acceptable. Then on the way back out there was a family walking through the same dark corridors. So I again pretended like I was taking photos of the exhibit but was taking photos of them as they individually passed in front of us. Of course none of these pictures came out crisp and sharp. They were more blurry and not my best work. But I suppose that’s just how it goes. Whenever I think I might have a winner it never works out that way. I’ve had two pictures selected as the top 52 for the week and neither one were photos that I really liked. I’ve decided to just do my best rather than think I can win. It makes the process so much easier!