I can almost hear the iconic line from the end of King Kong, "It was beauty that killed the beast", when seeing the Sock Monkey attempt to take over the Eiffel tower. Or, a drastically scaled down model of the tower that adorns our buffet. Over Christmas, our daughter got a sock monkey kit and we had finally got the materials to make it a few days ago. As with most things she gets, our daughter immediately put a stranglehold on it, never to let it go or venture too far from her sight. She named it "Ted" and has elevated the monkey to a status immediately next to her beloved stuffed Rabbit. I was wanting to capture this moment in a way that would be both innovative and amusing to me and her. My first thought was to put him on our scaled down model of a suspension bridge we have, but I couldn't get the pose right. I then got the tower and his thread smile lit up like the imaginary search lights attempting to lure him off the landmark. I had a pretty good back light from the outside windows illuminating the ceiling, making the "down below" shot work quite well for me. He's hugging the top of the tower, not allowing the pesky biplanes to shoot him down like they did with his movie star distant cousin. While he is just full of string and cotton filling, one could almost sense he has a playful side, being a great partner and security toy for our daughter.
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