¶I’ve got a long-running project that marries photography with a hobby of mine – collecting patent markings. I’m working to photograph some of the markings in my collection, but progress has been slow. Like, measured-in-years slow. I’m ok with it, though, because it always brings me joy when I manage to squirrel away a bit of time to think of creative ways to capture an old patent marking.
¶I made this photograph in a bit of a hurry after finishing some others for my Permanently Marked project. The idea struck me as I was eating a handful of blueberries while putting the scoops back in their storage container in the garage. I glanced down at this old micrometer and at the blueberry in my hand, and then, of course, had the urge to measure the blueberry. Weird, right? But, once I did, and saw the contrast of the fresh blueberry against the cold metal of the tool, I knew I had a great shot.
¶So I quickly reassembled my backdrop, set the lights up again, and started shooting.