Week 24: Play Doh!

It's one of the universal truths of childhood - Play Doh rocks! Grandma Carolyn and Grandpa Jerry gave Jonah his first set of Play Doh at Christmas - it was an instant hit. Grandma Connie and Grandpa Jack gave Jonah another set for his birthday to supplement our supplies. Ever since, Jonah has routinely asked to "make Play Doh." So far, what that really means is he makes random requests of animals that mom or dad are supposed to mold from Play Doh while Jonah rolls the previous masterpiece into a ball; only to ask for the same animal he just crushed. We spend a lot of time in this cycle. In fact, if you look carefully on the desk in last week's photo from our vacation - you'll see the Play Doh bag.

When we moved to NYC, we decided to use the dining table we had in our kitchen in Pittsburgh as a desk and purchase a nice, formal dining table. When we moved into our current apartment, the new table took its spot in our dining room and the stainless steel table from our kitchen in Pittsburgh went under our bed. Not too long after Jonah was born we decided to make a switch from the nice, inlaid wood dining table back to the near indestructible stainless table. The nice table is in storage. Jonah's love of Play Doh is a frequent reminder of how glad I am we switched back to stainless! (that and the fabulous reflections I can get in photos of Jonah at the table!)

So, for those reasons, I thought a picture of Jonah playing with Play Doh at our old kitchen table should occupy a spot in my project. 

Photo - this is two lights. One Profoto head in a white beauty dish a bit above Jonah's head and camera left - coming in from the other side of the table. The second is a Profoto head in a 1x4' stripbox behind Jonah and camera right. This is shot with my 24mm at f/8.