Berkshire Museum Camera Club

I would not normally be so bold as to do an entire blog about how one of my images was made, but at the EOY banquet I was asked by a couple people directly and also by Lynne saying, "You have to tell us how you did this." Well, the time never came to do that at the banquet, so I've decided to do it here. This won't be a step-by-step guide, but will explain a tremendous amount of my thought process in making the image. I go into long detail (very long), because if I'm going to do this, I'm going to do it right and thorough. It's a long read, but I think it's worth it. Field Hammock Field Hammock (which I accidentally titled Forest Hammock for the EOY) is a story encapsulated in a picture. What story is up to the viewer to decide. When I originally began to plan the composite (and several others actually), I was jotting down ideas on a piece of scrap paper and the plan was a much simpler image. It was going to be that of a little girl (very littl