Cohort - Assignment 2

* In educational settings, a cohort can describe a group of students working through the same academic curriculum

I recently completed a cohort at one of my photo sites, 12 photographers, 8 sessions over 10 weeks.  It was a valuable experience, as much for seeing/discussing the other students' work, as for listening to the instructor.  

We had 2 assignments through the class, the last one was:

• Shoot a 3–5 image series
• Choose a single emotion to convey
• Apply at least one technique from sessions
• Present images + brief reflection at the last session

This turned out to be a very hard assignment for me.  To start, it was hazy, hot, humid during the assignment, and my photo-mojo was pretty much burned out.  Finally, I decided to lean into it and try to document the hot, still, maybe oppressive summer.  Here's the photos I came up with, tweaked after comments in the class.  Taken over 2 visits to Watershed Nature Center, the heat index was 100+ but bays.

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Overall, the set is just ok....  I think I was trying to hard.

That said, I very much like the first photo, and I posted it previously.   It is subtle, but speaks to me in ways I can't quite explain.  It makes me think of the Sam Abell quote:  “When I look at my work, I see myself”