Flash Test
Photo of the day #20
February 27, 2021, 9:19 PM
Random photo from my collection.
Before even getting into the subject matter of the photo, I saw the date stamped February 27, 2021. I can’t look at that date without thinking of my Dad, who lost his battle with ALS on February 27, 2010.
Obituary Michael G. Petrohoy, 1939 – 2010: https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/mcall/name/michael-petrohoy-obituary?id=22704166
Do you feel that too? Some dates impact our lives so greatly that a simple day on the calendar can change our mood.
Now, with my dad on my mind, looking at a photo of Zac, I can hear Dad’s words one day when I was in college just after Zac had come over, “What about him (Zac)? He seems nice.” I responded, “Yeah, Dad, I tried that. It didn’t work out.”
It was that singular conversation that, for years, I couldn’t get out of my mind, and it was one of the reasons that Zac was so special to me. I would never get another chance to have my dad’s approval of someone, and Zac already had it.
In this photo, Zac and I are playing around with the new flash he bought me for Christmas. We’re trying to get the technique where the shutter speed and ISO are at such a setting that the entirety of the background is completely dark. It takes a bit of adjusting to get it right. Zac has always been supportive of my photography passion. Recently, he told me, “You’re photo Jess.”