Penny in The Green House (Patreon)

I've always liked to work in series, but when one series ends there is the inbetween times.  For me a series usually is built on constraints I place on myself that help in exploring ideas and collaboration.  A view point, a space, a way of processing.  Maybe it seems contrary to logic, but I feel more creative when I'm working like that than when I'm free from constraints.

Temperance was a room, shot through reflections, with one light.
Journey to The End of The Night was a room, changing furniture, one light, one view point.
The Room (a series that has all but disappeared from my portfolio, the internet, and possibly lost in a hard drive crash) was shot all on a single backdrop.

But right now I'm in the thick of exploration.  I have established series I can play with like Into the Wild, The Jungle, and Ask the Dust, but I'm looking for something to fill a void left by Temperance.  A series to look to when the weather is to monstrous to go outside.  A series to play with studio lighting, and just experiment in a different way.

And I'm working on it.  Nicole is helping me build a set that could be the sequel to Temperance, while I experiment in our green houses with natural light.  I like what I'm getting I'm just not sure that this is its own thing.  Am I just shooting for The Jungle right now?  I kind of think I am.  Currently files shot in the green house are being saved in The Jungle or The Green House depending on if I remember that I have a folder specifically for these shoots.

That's what experimentation looks like for me.  Am I doing something new?  There was a time between Journey and Temperance that felt the same.  I knew I was onto something with a couple shoots, and then one thing changed and Temperance actually became its own thing.

I'm waiting for that thing to happen now.  Creating photos I love, but the work needs a thing, and then I will know.

I wonder how long that will take?

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