A Learning Curve

Today whilst thinking up ideas of what exactly I wanted to take photos of during my Project 365, I had the honour of taking photos of my stepfather-in-law's carvings, so that he would have a portfolio of what he'd done to show potential customers.  With the majority of the carvings being made of wood, I thought they would look totally awesome sitting on the grass whilst I took the photos.  After 2 hours of taking photos, as well as making sure they looked good on the grass, and the transporting of carvings back and forth from the house. I had finally finished just as my stepfather-in-law arrived home.  After showing him some of the photos, he didn't seem overly impressed.  I was quite shattered in that I didn't know what was wrong.  If they weren't any good, then tell me they need improvement.  Constructive criticism and I are friends after all ;-)  Later on I found out that the problem was that the carvings were placed on the ground, which apparently is a big no no in his culture, as it's meant to bring bad luck and evil spirits.  I didn't realise that there was a lot of faith and religious belief surrounding his carvings. After my stepfather-in-law blessed all of his carvings, all was right in the world again, and he apparently loves the photos. (ISO 100, F/9, 1/250sec, 37mm)