Atlanta photographer Heidi Harris creates distinctive line of colourful gentle stands

Photographer Heidi Harris has created a brand new firm referred to as Surrounded by Light that sells vividly coloured gentle stands. (Courtesy of Surrounded by Light)

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Harris hopes her colourful gentle stands will assist different photographers deliver extra persona to their work. (Miguel Martinez/AJC)

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“I feel weird if I don’t take pictures after a couple of days,” says Harris. (Miguel Martinez/AJC)

Relaxed power, relentless entrepreneurship

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Oysters at Enzo’s Steakhouse & Bar in Fayetteville, as shot by photographer Heidi Harris. (Courtesy of Heidi Harris)

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An appetizer at TWO Urban Licks shot by Heidi Harris, who has a protracted relationship with the restaurant’s mother or father firm, Concentrics. (Heidi Harris/Courtesy of Concentrics)

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Harris sees her new firm, Surrounded by Light, as a option to reframe photoshoots as extra of an expertise. (Miguel Martinez/AJC)