It’s been one of those weeks, when my brain just can’t muster up enough functionality to string together enough words to form coherent thoughts let alone a entertaining brilliant blog post. Lucky for me, my camera can produce some pretty amazing shit without much thought.
Brian gave me this ring for Valentine’s Day a couple of years ago. The relationship didn’t last. The ring? Still has it’s uses. Some days I sit there with the morning light streaming in my front windows, creating some amazing lighting for some beautiful photos.
I bought these bracelets from Charlotte Russe for $1.49 at Christmas. Cute, cheap, costume bangles. They were on clearance, but when set in the morning sunlight, they look so much more impressive than they are. In fact, I posted this on my Flickr account and Lotus Carroll (Who’s photography I have admired for months now) favorited it. I was beside myself with OMG!
I was digging around in a friend’s basement this past weekend (that is not an euphemism for anything) when I came across an old ball and glove. Sure, it’s only January, but spring training will be starting in just a few short months. I got a nice surprise today, when I saw that Lotus Carroll had favorited this one on Flickr too.
Sometimes the things you drive by every single day take on an entirely different look when you see them through the lens of your camera. I drive by this antique store in our small town, at least once a day without giving it a second thought. But when taking photos for a theme (frames) I saw the simple words framed over the store front.
Again, looking at every day ordinary things through the lens of a camera can turn a simple drop or two of water from a kitchen faucet into something incredibly beautiful, and really kinda cool.
Audrey Woulard, a Chicago photographer, (I want to be just like her when I grow up) took these pictures of Big Brother and Baby Brother. The pics of Baby Bro make me want another one, just for a little while. You can almost feel the baby soft skin and smell the new baby smell.
Batman created a website today for Scooter, for his racing. (please go check it out. Understand it’s still under construction and needs to be updated with new pictures and new information, but go check it out). I, of course, provided all the photos. In doing that, I asked for full credit for them, as I provided them free of charge. So, then we started talking about ‘If you had a company name….’ and the baby was born.
Once I had a name…”If you had a logo, I could add you as one of his sponsors on his website as well.’ So, I needed a logo.
I am introducing
Moments and Memories Photography.
Next? Register the domain name, and together Batman and I will create the website.
I’ll be honest, my camera (my Nikon especially) was seriously intertwined with my relationship with Batman. I got my Nikon the day before I spent the first weekend with him. I used it to capture Scooter at his race. My photography and my cameras have been a big part of my relationship.
So, when the relationship changed, so did my love affair with my camera. Oh, not to say I don’t love my camera, I do. I just couldn’t pick it up. I couldn’t shoot with it. I just couldn’t create, there was no magic there. The thrill that I found behind the camera was as gone as Batman. I just couldn’t find the joy the passion, the thrill anymore.
Until last week. Newt was sitting on the floor watching TV and I picked up the Nikon and took just a few shots, nothing formal, nothing fancy, just popped off a few. Didn’t think much about it.
Until I saw them. This on in particular. My magic was back, my mojo was back. I could take amazing photos again. I could tingle, I could light up, I was coming back. I was finding my way again, my vision, my art.
I am accepting the boundaries of my relationship as defined by him, defined by me, and defined by a higher power. I haven’t lost him, and now I am finding to my own delight, I haven’t lost my art either.
