Before the First Flight

Editorial studio photograph, 4:5 portrait. One child sits sideways on a plain low stool, leaning naturally over their lap while pressing the final crease into a large orange paper airplane. Capture an unposed instant during real crafting, not a demonstration; gaze downward, shoulders loosely rounded. Medium-distance side profile, entire seated figure visible in the lower two-thirds, generous empty blue seamless backdrop above. Hard light from behind creates a predominantly dark silhouette, a crisp rim along hair and shoulders, and sharp folded-wing edges. Very restrained reflected fill reveals the orange paper and the simple hand placement without flattening the silhouette. Ordinary cotton clothing, slightly uneven paper folds, natural colour, realistic exposure, moderate depth of field. No other craft props, no artificial grain, no text, logos or watermarks.