'Tis the season to photograph the holiday decorations in the house and around our neck of the woods to send to the friends and relatives we probably won't see face-to-face again this season. In some cases, that might be a good thing. But due to the world situation, it looks like I'm still not going to Japan anytime soon to see my family. Instead, I will send them a boatload of photos, hoping it tides them over. Anyway, it is often a good idea to bury the arty and conceptual shots in a mass of straight documentary photographs. In orchestral programming the modern piece is usually performed between two reliable standards, a technique the musicians often refer to as a shit sandwich.
