we have gone places (2023) (Patreon)

a rarity for me, but this is a photo of someone I actually love that just... works so well I gotta share it. That's my friend who owns the 4Runner that's featured in so many of my shots; we went offroading a while back and happened upon this absolutely beautiful meadow on the most gorgeous rainy pacific-northwest-feeling day, and it was just too good. We weren't trying for a special outfit or a movie pose. This is just the day we had.  

I have some shots of just the truck, but it's better with them in it, despite—or because—it's so casual. Sure, it gives me good memories of a very fun day, but I feel like beyond my own personal joy, their presence in the frame takes what could have been a fairly standard advertisement-esque shot of an old truck and gives it a lot more depth emotionally and compositionally. 

It's also a rare example of a 35mm-lens shot where I actually gave the foreground some due, which is pretty unusual for me. I'm a rule-of-thirds kinda gal and I don't tend to give more thirds than I need to, to the ground. I point this out here because I want to do more compositions like this, and I have tended to just accidentally happen upon these shots. Instead, I want to seek them out and see them before I've even picked up the camera; pointing out when I've pulled it off will help me think more actively about shooting like this going forward.