365 | four

Rubik's Cubes

It's one of his hobbies at the moment.

He is constantly watching YouTube videos, trying to learn how to solve them.

One thing about him....when he decides he wants to do something, 

his determination will not let him stop until it's finished.

Right now he is determined to figure this out.

And then start on more challenging ones.

I did not even realize there was more than one of these.

But he was more than happy to show me all the different ones he has his eye on.

This has got to be better than video games, right?

Technicalities:

(Since my goal in this project is to dig deep into my photography skills, 

I thought I would critique myself - feel free to ignore)

I like this picture and the mood it portrays. 

I wish I had moved the pillow.  It distracts me and doesn't add to the story.

I think the side lighting adds a nice depth to the image.  

It emphasizes the concentration going on and draws my eye right to his hands and the cube.

I used my wide angle 35mm lens just because it is what is on my camera 90% of the time, but I'm glad I did, because I think the distortion draws your eye to the hands and cube even more.  I did a profile correction in Lightroom, but went back to the original image because I liked the distortion  - it adds to the strength of the shot.

My favorite aspect is the somewhat of a juxtaposition of his growing, almost teenager hands holding what many would consider a child's toy (although if you've ever tried to solve one of these, you would completely disagree, so I will keep that to myself).  

It tells the story of him being in that in-between age of still a boy yet so much closer to an adult (which I'm totally not ready for).