Maybe I am being influenced by all the Paul Strand photographs I've been browsing through (Paul Strand is the photographer I chose for the other project). Strand liked to play with shadows cast from man-made objects, so I thought I would do the same in this composition. I chose an object that is not completely uniform so that it would cast an interesting shadow. I really liked how the shadow came out, but I wished the shadow could have been a bit sharper like the shadows in Strand's photographs. I totally did not factor in the weather conditions, and in retrospect I could have picked a sunnier day for sharper shadows. I also could have put more thought into the surroundings, since there is not much going on there. An idea I had played with was placing the chair at an empty table that is set for dinner, and making sure there were sharp shadows being cast from the chair and table. If I had more time, I would probably test out that idea.

A Human Emotion (Stressed)