Sugar Paper Spectrum
At it's core this is not a complicated photo. It's a stack of colored construction paper, arranged to follow the visible light spectrum. Believe it or not, beyond being a mashing of colored dye and paper pulp, this photo is actually pretty important to me.
In 2009, as a treat to myself, I bought what would become my favorite lens of all time; the Canon EF 100mm f/2.8L Macro Lens. While it felt nice to own a premium lens (the first and only one I owned for a very long time), what I loved about this lens wasn't it's construction or its reputation, but instead its ability to explore a side of photography that I hadn't been able to before. I loved getting in close—closer than you can with the naked eye—and seeing what the world around me was hiding.
I only had the lens for a couple years before I had to sell it, and ever since I've missed macro photography considerably. Recently I was able to buy a used, fully manual macro lens (the Laowa 100mm f/2.8 2x Ultra Macro APO) and I've been messing with it ever since. It lacks the construction and the convenience of the Canon, but it's sharper and even more powerful. For the first time in years I'm able to truly get back to exploring the world through macro photography, and I could not be more thrilled.
