After each piece was captured, I sat with each image, listening to the story it wanted to tell. This helped me to slow down and learn how to breathe again, as I didn’t have to rush what was wanting to be born from this project. Each image that was captured was more on a whim, but at the same time was a silent process as I looked with an empty mind until it was time to click the shutter. It involved moving the subjects to different angles while bending the light to bring it to life. I chose to add contrast by darkening the background to allow the subject to breathe its true form. What I started to learn from the flowers was how I adjusted to capture their life while still in their habitat. To work in their environment by bringing in black backgrounds and learning to bend external lights without overexposing their truest detail.