So I've been hanging clothes lines in the studio in order to hang things for backdrops. One thing I discovered is I can hang things and shine lights through them to create shadows etc.... I'm not a huge fan of traditional lighting, though I admit when traditional lighting is done well the pictures sing. When I started in photography it seemed I always want to photograph through something to get my subjects, which when I was doing well, would be in focus. I'm finding myself wanting to revisit this thinking and see what 27 years of experience can do for this approach. Last night during a break from hanging some things on the walls of the studio a friend dropped by with her new phone and we made a handful of images with it to see what it could do. The lighting was low so the pictures turned out a little grainy, but overall these new phones seem to take pictures that could be blown up to 8x10. This one, because of its grainy ness probably would go much higher than a 4x6 comfortably. But it was fun making shadows with our hands and trying to get a different look--certainly something that needs more experimentation. Photograph by Richard Sayer with Rita's phone.