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Call: Primary Color Density \u2014 Cheryl<\/h6>\n

Call & Response: the big experiment. Jessica was able to shoot a photo each day for 365 consecutive days. I was able to shoot a photo each day for 365 consecutive days. Can we do it together, thousands of miles away from each other, inspired by the same one-word prompt?<\/p>\n

Know where I got the inspiration\/instructions for this science experiment on the density of liquids? From the book (that I bought probably 12 years ago, after deciding to homeschool), 365 Science Projects and Activities<\/em>. How many projects and activities? Yep. 365.<\/p>\n

A quote I came across today: “In wisdom gathered over time I have found that every experience is a form of exploration.” The sentiment is from photographer extraordinaire<\/em> Ansel Adams. I could substitute the word “experiment” for “exploration,” and it would pretty well sum up what I’ve discovered. The kids and I don’t do many formal<\/em> experiments (the kind found in 365 Science Projects<\/em>), because everything we do is an experiment: What if we substitue gluten-free flour in this recipe? If I move over here, will the light on that flower pop in my photo? I think I’ll try using Coke in a marinade for steak. If we offer to put a jigsaw puzzle together with Stella, will she quit bugging Jack?<\/p>\n

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Response: What if? \u2014 Jessica<\/h6>\n

Like Cheryl, I’ve come to believe that “what if” is the most important question that you can ask \u2014 especially if you want to be creative. If you stop experimenting and wondering you lose your curiosity. When curiosity is no longer driving your life you tend to fall into a rut. You do the same things over and over.<\/p>\n

I love to ask myself “what if” when I’m taking pictures. I’m slowly working through a lot of the tutorials on David Hobby’s site The Strobist<\/a>. This picture is a perfect example of one of those experiments. It may not be a perfect picture but it leads me to ask “what if”. As in, what if I move the flash away from his head, will that reduce the hot spot? What if I stop down a bit ? Will that help?<\/p>\n

Experiments are grand fun even (and sometimes especially) when they go all wrong. So, Cheryl, let’s raise our glasses to messy experiments!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Call: Primary Color Density \u2014 Cheryl Call & Response: the big experiment. Jessica was able to shoot a photo each day for 365 consecutive days. I was able to shoot a photo each day for 365 consecutive days. Can we do it together, thousands of miles away from each other, inspired by the same one-word […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[7,8,3,5,6,4],"class_list":["post-86","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-ansel-adams","tag-curiosity","tag-density","tag-liquids","tag-quotes","tag-science"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2D42d-1o","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sienafallsmedia.com\/callandresponse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sienafallsmedia.com\/callandresponse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sienafallsmedia.com\/callandresponse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sienafallsmedia.com\/callandresponse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sienafallsmedia.com\/callandresponse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=86"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/www.sienafallsmedia.com\/callandresponse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":109,"href":"https:\/\/www.sienafallsmedia.com\/callandresponse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86\/revisions\/109"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sienafallsmedia.com\/callandresponse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=86"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sienafallsmedia.com\/callandresponse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=86"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sienafallsmedia.com\/callandresponse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=86"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}