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Bookworm 8/365

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Model - Sam Palmer

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This is the first photograph in my 'Miniature Worlds' collection. The entire collection focuses on mixing objects of a different scale in harmony in a single frame. 'Bookworm' is a very personal image to the model Sam who has had a great love of reading for as long as I've known him. However being dyslexic he has always had a really hard time reading and writing for himself. As a result of this he encountered more than his fair share of bullying during his school years. Yet through pure determination combined with his love of great storytelling he overcomes the obstacles life has thrown at him one step at a time growing more confident in his abilities every day. Sam has even taken the skills he has learned from reading the novels he loves and has recently applied them into writing his own works of fiction, although it is often a long and stressful task for him. Sam's sense of determination is truly inspiring and should be seen as a lesson to anyone struggling to overcome life's hurdles and the negativity that comes along with it. I wanted the photograph to have a sense of calm to show the feeling of relaxation and escapism Sam encounters while reading. It was also very important to me to express the idea of Sam emerging from the books that for so long he had used to hide away from the world and along with it all of the negative people he had encountered.

Taken on: August 1, 2013

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Camera: Canon EOS 500D, f/5.0, 1/60 sec, 42mm, ISO 160 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Canon EOS 500D
Lens:	EF-S18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 USM
Aperture:	f/5.0
Exposure Time:	0.017 sec (1/60)
Focal Length:	42mm
ISO:	160
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Not Defined
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Adobe Photoshop CS5 Windows
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