Identical triplets? No, thank goodness

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No, you’re not seeing treble and Vince isn’t one of identical triplets. Let me explain: My husband enjoys his photography and over the years has accumulated quite a few photographic bits and pieces which he says are essential if he wants to be a good photographer. That’s his story and he is sticking to it. He also belongs to a number of online photographic sites and the latest challenge was to take a ‘delayed exposure’ shot for which he needed my help – as is often the case. So we had three bar stools set up next to each other. Two studio lights were both connected to a power board which I held. The exposure was set for 15 seconds. I would press the button on the camera, cut to 3 slowly, then switch off the lights. Vince would switch stools – bar stools that is – say ‘okay’ and I switch the lights on again .This would activate the camera to take another photo, I’d count to 3, switch off the lights and Vince would go to the third stool and the process would be repeated. In between shots he’d switch hats or remove it all together. It took a while to get it all coordinated properly and being a photographer, he isn’t happy with it yet so we’ll do it all again tonight (sigh). But at least we know it can be done. The first time we used chairs but the backs of the chairs appeared across his chest. But there is always a solution to these problems and guess who suggested using the bar stools? Yes, me.