{"id":1936,"date":"2020-05-07T09:36:59","date_gmt":"2020-05-07T09:36:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/douglaskurn.co.uk\/blog\/?p=1936"},"modified":"2021-05-04T09:25:43","modified_gmt":"2021-05-04T09:25:43","slug":"lockdown-living-room","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/douglaskurn.co.uk\/blog\/?p=1936","title":{"rendered":"Lockdown Living Room"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>What does a location photographer do during a major pandemic lockdown? Shifts some furniture and sets up a studio in the living room, that&#8217;s what. I even managed to convince Mrs Doug to be my &#8220;willing&#8221; assistant and help me move the furniture. &#8220;Don&#8217;t worry darling, the sun&#8217;s shining so we can live in the garden most of the time&#8230;&#8221; I opined, taking my life in my hands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" data-attachment-id=\"1937\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/douglaskurn.co.uk\/blog\/?attachment_id=1937\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/douglaskurn.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/2020-04-28-10.39.50-1-scaled.jpg?fit=2560%2C1920&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1920\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.2&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 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https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/douglaskurn.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/2020-04-28-10.39.50-1-scaled.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/douglaskurn.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/2020-04-28-10.39.50-1-scaled.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/douglaskurn.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/2020-04-28-10.39.50-1-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/douglaskurn.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/2020-04-28-10.39.50-1-scaled.jpg?resize=1536%2C1152&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/douglaskurn.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/2020-04-28-10.39.50-1-scaled.jpg?resize=2048%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/douglaskurn.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/2020-04-28-10.39.50-1-scaled.jpg?resize=624%2C468&amp;ssl=1 624w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/douglaskurn.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/2020-04-28-10.39.50-1-scaled.jpg?w=1250&amp;ssl=1 1250w, 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