Earlier this year, I was tasked with documenting the interiors of the Tennessee State Museum in Nashville for Meyvaert, an international company that specializes in display cases for museums and such.

The architecture at the Museum is quite unique. If you were to look at the floor plan from above, the exhibits form the shape of a guitar. Super cool.

The shoot went pretty seamlessly and the interior lighting was great. The toughest thing about all that glass, though……. is all that glass. It can be insanely difficult to remove reflections from all the lights and secondary displays. All-in-all, the images turned out nicely.

The Best Thing About the Job

I took the pictures on a Monday. The museum is closed on Mondays. As I was walking up to the building, a dad and his two kids (twin boys, about 4-5 yrs old) were also walking up with lunch boxes in hand. The dad gets to the door, pulls the handle and realizes that it’s locked. He steps back, looks at the hours and sees that they’re closed. He drops his head and mutters an exasperated “Shit”. Both kids turn to look at each other with their eyes about as big around as soccer balls. Without missing a beat, Thing 1 says “HA! SHIT!” Thing 2 replies with a “HAHAHAHA. SHIT!” Thing 1 and Thing 2 proceed to volley laughter and “SHIT! SHIT! SHIT!” back and forth over and over again.

The dad’s attempts to herd the cats failed miserably. The dad hurriedly walked by me as I tried to contain my laughter, unwilling to look up from the area directly in front of his feet. His kids followed close behind and I heard them yelling “SHIT” at each other the entire way back to the parking lot. If you’ve ever been by this place, you know that it’s not a short walk. Being a father of 3, that is simultaneously one of the funniest and most painful things I’ve ever witnessed.