I took this photo in my photo class. I was given free time to experiment, yet the lights in the classroom were turned off and the only light came from the projector. This was a challenge. I had a yellow thumbtack on a light brown wood desk and took multiple pictures. Besides the photo itself, I think my favorite part is that I didn't make the image black and white, it became that only from my use of lighting. For me this relates to the theme of participate because I was given the time to take it during a photo 2 class. This made me feel like even though I'm a photo 1 student, I was a photo 2 student. Being in the class, paying attention to the presentation on the projector to help me determine the lighting from it but also being able to hear the tear as well as other students discuss and critique photos really made me feel involved in that class despite not being in it.