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The theme of the photography assignment was to capture moods during different times of day. This particular picture was taken with a Canon T3i in the mid-afternoon in the bathroom, where the lighting tends to be more ambient. My photographic style tends towards finding beauty or meaning in the small details of daily life, often incorporating discomforting content. While composing the picture, I took a bottle of blue softgel Ibuprofen pills and placed them in a transparent glass, one that I often use to drink water every morning. This was intentional, as when the blue softgels conglomerate at the bottom, I felt that they somewhat resembled water ("drinking pills like water"). I then placed it in my bathroom to signify daily practice. The soap bar ledge that I placed the glass on, clearly too small for the glass, gives off an eerie precariousness of the entire composition. 
Before I posted the picture, I did some light editing on Photoshop, mainly to increase the exposure and clarity of the photo. The above photo is the result after posting it on Facebook (and undergoing mandatory cropping).