Photography Collaboration

Even though design is the creative endeavor I like the best, I also really enjoy playing around with photography.  I have several friends who are great photographers.  They inspire me and it's always fun to read their blogs, check their Flickr accounts, and sometimes take pictures with them.

One of those friends is named Jalynn.  We met when I was seven and she was eight, and even though she moved away one year later, we've been friends ever since!  She's such a faithful friend to me and cares for my soul as well as being a lot of fun.  And I love her photography!  So, I thought it'd be fun to do a photo project with her.  I've seen projects before where two friends each take a picture per day and then combine them into a diptych.  That's what Jalynn and I did.  We picked one theme a day for a week, each took photos, and came up with these sets.  Jalynn's photos are all on the left, and mine are on the right.

Our first theme was shoes and feet - always a cooperative photo subject! 

And then, the next day, our theme was music and instruments.  We both ended up taking pictures of "our" instruments - Jalynn plays piano and I play violin.

Our third day's subject was summer, for obvious reasons.  It was interesting to see how such a broad topic came out, though.

Day four's theme was colors of the rainbow...

Theme number five was breakfast, a brilliantly random idea from Jalynn.  Muffins + crepes are both pretty yummy.  And ironically, we both had a small, dark-colored, spherical fruit on the plates we photographed.  That was entirely unplanned.

The sixth theme we had was America, since day six fell on July 4th.  These pictures ended up totally opposite, but at least they both involve red, white, and blue.

Jalynn, thanks for doing this fun project with me, and for being my friend!  I am grateful for you!

And now, blog readers, what do you think of the photos?  Do you have a favorite diptych?  Or maybe some comments, critique, or constructive criticism?  All those things are welcome!