August 31, 2022
Special Selection "Joy"

First of all, I would like to thank Sakamoto House and Etsu for giving me the opportunity to learn about photography from various angles. I am really enjoying learning!
Now, as for the photo, I took it at a sunflower field near my house. The sunflower field is basically only more than an hour's drive from my house, so I was very hesitant to go out just to see the sunflowers. I thought that it would not be fun for the children if it was extremely hot and there were no playground equipment. I gave up, thinking that I was not confident that I could be kind in the heat, but when I wrote on Instagram that I wanted to go secretly, a kind follower told me about it! Also, since the place was close to my house, I invited my children to go there the next day after I was told about it. However, it was definitely extremely hot, so I think it was only for 10 minutes? I thought that it would be OK if we could just say to each other that the sunflowers are beautiful, but in the end, the children really enjoyed the soap bubbles that I brought with us and we ended up staying for about an hour. I asked them many times, "Isn't it hot? Are you having fun?" and each time they said, "It's so much fun!" I was so happy that I kept taking pictures. I wanted to capture this fun time in photos, even if it was just a little! Every time a big soap bubble was made, I would say, "Look, Mommy! "Big bubbles! Over there!" exclaimed my eldest daughter, while my second daughter chased after them, and the bubbles floated up. "Wow! They're so big!" we said, laughing as we continued taking pictures. After we'd finished, we said to each other, "It was hot, but it was fun," and when we looked back at the photos, the foreground blur and composition were pretty poor, and we should have thought about it a bit more since we had so much time, but I think it was enough that we were able to capture this perfect smile.
Now, as for the photo, I took it at a sunflower field near my house. The sunflower field is basically only more than an hour's drive from my house, so I was very hesitant to go out just to see the sunflowers. I thought that it would not be fun for the children if it was extremely hot and there were no playground equipment. I gave up, thinking that I was not confident that I could be kind in the heat, but when I wrote on Instagram that I wanted to go secretly, a kind follower told me about it! Also, since the place was close to my house, I invited my children to go there the next day after I was told about it. However, it was definitely extremely hot, so I think it was only for 10 minutes? I thought that it would be OK if we could just say to each other that the sunflowers are beautiful, but in the end, the children really enjoyed the soap bubbles that I brought with us and we ended up staying for about an hour. I asked them many times, "Isn't it hot? Are you having fun?" and each time they said, "It's so much fun!" I was so happy that I kept taking pictures. I wanted to capture this fun time in photos, even if it was just a little! Every time a big soap bubble was made, I would say, "Look, Mommy! "Big bubbles! Over there!" exclaimed my eldest daughter, while my second daughter chased after them, and the bubbles floated up. "Wow! They're so big!" we said, laughing as we continued taking pictures. After we'd finished, we said to each other, "It was hot, but it was fun," and when we looked back at the photos, the foreground blur and composition were pretty poor, and we should have thought about it a bit more since we had so much time, but I think it was enough that we were able to capture this perfect smile.
Photo and caption: Yoshie
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Comment: Etsuko Aibu (Advisor of the Manazashi Photo Club)