Week 2: Lemon Love and My Littlest Sister

I spent all week thinking about love, and how light can make someone feel love, or how light can look like love- and I had no luck, I wasn't compelled to photograph anything on the basis of love. I was beginning to get a little discouraged, as if I couldn't find love in any of the light I was living in on a daily basis. It also was a little cold and rainy this week which shattered my vision of a creamy, pink and warm photograph.

I finally took this photo this morning. My parents were in town visiting this weekend and I was woken up this morning by little mini Claire (my youngest sister of 8 siblings) jumping in bed with me, just like she does when I'm at home. She left the bedroom door wide open and pretty soon my roommate's cat Lemon followed her into bed. This cat has never liked me, and I'm really good with animals, like pre-veterinary-experience certified-dog-trainer-good with animals, but Lemon is spastic and odd and obsessed with drinking straws and beats at birds through the window. But this girl has a way with creatures. She is kind of an odd one herself and connects with every animal she has ever encountered. I was pretty amazed that he actually came in and got in bed, and as you can see, the sound of my shutter had him a little alarmed. But he loved her! And she loved him! And I loved her and him! There was so much love. I had to take a picture.

The morning light, probably 9:30 am or so, was coming through the blinds right above us when I took this unedited shot. A natural blend of cool and warm, nice and diffused, the beam very soft across her skin. It is also hitting her pillow and giving her a little halo-like glow around her head, making her jump of the paper and making her more three dimensional.

LOVE LOVE LOVE.