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The newest addition to my Reflection series-- the Lincoln Memorial! This isn't exactly the shot I was looking for, so I'm going to have to go back and try this again. My original idea had been to grab the shot while the sun was rising, hoping for some color in the background. Unfortunately, I mistimed the whole thing. Also, I was distracted. Distracted? What could possibly have distracted me at 6am on Saturday morning? 

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These guys.

I got pretty epically photo-bombed. These three friends were hanging out at the Lincoln after a wild night in the city on their first day of a week-long road trip up the East Coast from their home in Lexington, Kentucky. We got to chatting, especially since I have a dear friend who just moved down there (Hi Rebekah!) that I'm planning on visiting in the fall. 

This reflecting ball is the best ice-breaker I have ever seen. There's no way really to be discreet about it-- I have to set it out there, walk a good twenty to thirty feet away, lie down and start to focus and compose my shot. It draws a ton of questions (mostly "What is that thing?" and "What does that picture end up looking like?" and "Why?") and I almost always end up chatting with people about who I am, what I do, and how I came up with this weird idea in the first place. On the whole, though, I enjoy it. And it means that I'm doing something that people haven't really seen before, so that's always a good thing, artistically, right?