More Fairy Fun
I am having a lot of fun with my fairy photos and my fairytale storybook classics.
Last year was rough for me, emotionally. It’s nice to be bringing some of the magic and wonder back into my world. It’s also nice to remember, and be reminded by those who love and appreciate me, that I have something to offer.
Here is another image of Kyle. I did her senior portraits. You need only look a few blog posts back to see a few of them. I also have used a couple of photos from that session to turn into fairy portraits.
I hope to have a very busy little studio this year. Call me.
Fairytale Fun
I would like to recreate some of the magic of classic fairytales with my photography. I had Ariel in my studio recently posing as Sleeping Beauty. I am waiting on another model this afternoon – who I have to take photos of to collage and layer into the Sleeping Beauty photos, but I wanted to just play with one of the images from Ariel’s session.
I am planning on making prints and posters with the character’s name in beautiful lettering. Postcards, stationary and other items as well. Maybe a book of all of them together. I have often thought of doing my own version of the classic tales and including photos for the illustrations of the story.
Anyway, I did very little to this image – the model is lovely and her dress was well suited to the character. She and her sister designed and made the dress, which is amazing in itself!
I hope to download a number of more elaborate fonts that have a bit more flourish. I don’t always like fancy fonts, but I think some fancy fonts for this is important. Something castle-ee. Something princess-ee.
I have several other characters in mind that I would like to shoot as soon as possible. I’d like to have some of this stuff ready for the fairy festival if I jury in.
Change is Good
I can report to you, my friends, that I am having a happy day. Those were harder to come by during all of my turmoil months back in trying to figure things out, but as with any real change and growth there is some fire, some shaking, some opening of the earth. But at some point, that all settles back down and cools and we are left with a new landscape. It’s different than the old one, but that’s not all bad and even exciting sometimes as you have new places to explore.
I wanted to share with you some of the photos from a recent “Senior Portraits” shoot I did in my little home studio. The model is named Kyle, and she is a senior at McDonough High School. She has long loved old movies, so some of her more personality-driven photos included that theme.
I am working on a page with price schedules for portraits, headshots and fantasy collages, like the one at the bottom, I made from Kyle’s shoot. That page will have all of the pricing and scheduling information on it. I will post a link to it as soon as it’s done. Thanks so much for looking at my photos!
Fantasy Photos and Ethereal Portraits
I am going to be applying for several festivals next year. I’ll let you know which ones I make it in to. For the faerie festivals (Maryland and Pennsylvania) I am working out a way to set up my booth to take photos on-the-spot to then collage as a fantasy portrait. If you always wanted to be a faerie, this is a way to do it and a great way to display your otherkin side.
I also enjoy doing simple portraits that have a bit of a dreamy feel to them. This also lends itself to boudoir photography, which I will also be offering.
I would like to try to get into Unique Boutique. I don’t know if they have room and I’d still have to be juried in and I’d have to decide which medium I want to submit for – 3-d or paintings.
I also may do River Artsfest this year, which is non-juried.
Of course if Artomatic is around I will be doing Body Politics there.
Anyway, I was thinking of offering these both as a service and for some of my photos, offering them as prints and card, etc.
I am working on a webpage devoted to my photography and will list prices and scheduling availability there.
Portraits and Headshots
I have been gearing up with the studio to prepare for all sorts of fun and business. I recently had the pleasure of shooting portraits of my mentor, Tammy Vitale.
She has been a huge encouragement to me. I have found over and over that I really enjoy shooting in the studio and trying to bring out the best in somebody. To capture their essence in a way that they are proud to display. It makes me way down happy when a client is overjoyed at the images.
Studio News
The new fence is in and the gate is up. I know it seems silly but I love my new door. Sometimes it isn’t a matter of a door being fancy, it’s about getting rid of the old ugly door!
Below is the OLD door. Very 1970s in a *bad* way. Installed poorly and a badly added doggy door. The thing was a wreck. I hated the sight of it. It would unsettle my delicate visual sensibilities. But no longer!
Below is the NEW shiney door. I believe it will look smashing with a lovely sign, don’t you? And a new light fixture as well.
These small improvements to my photo studio will make the place much more weatherized and pleasant to look at too.
Eviscerated by The Peach Jar’s Glass
I haven’t been dieting or journaling or weighing. There is just too much going on.
This picture is a long story. It’s images of me layered with images from some broken jars of applesauce and peaches, set to various colors.
This image will go on the cover of a sketchbook project. It’s probably going to have some acrylic paint “blood drops” added to it.
Fan me! And peel me some grapes too! LOL!
I got a new Facebook page. It’s a artists page so you can “fan” me, which seemed really weird to me at first, but everybody kept saying, “DO IT” so I did it. Now, you can come by and become a fan, I had three at last check – WOO HOO!
Rollin’ Rollin’ Rollin’
Hello beautiful people. I have been neck-deep in personal emotional trauma for most of this year and am trying hard to step away from that wreckage. I’ve got some real bumps and bruises on my soul, but I’m still kickin’ and I’m here to tell you that I am ready to roll.
Will and I have been working on getting the photo studio in ship-shape. It will yield more shooting space when we are done and better weather-proofing. The studio is a two-car detached garage, so it can get darn hot and cold in there, depending on the time of year. We are working hard to make the space functional and comfortable. After all, we want you goddesses who come by to get your photos done to feel beautiful and decadent – which is difficult to do when your tootsies are freezing.
I am also venturing into the world of headshots and portraits again. I have had a few people approach me about doing senior portraits for their kids, which I love the idea of doing. I am also going to start offering packages for my fantasy portraits as well. Come on, you know you always wanted to be a fairy! And ladies, finally I will be offering boudoir photography. It’s something I have contemplated for a long time and I think I’m ready to throw my hat into that arena. I have had some ladies tell me that they would love to do something like that. Well, I love the idea and I’m pushing ahead with it.
I expect the studio to be fully functioning by January. You can look for updates and package information here. I will let you know how my studio is changing and I will also add some video logs – which I’ve begun doing on my Weighting for You blog.
I’m very excited about all of this, if you can’t tell and I need the positive energy to push me into emotional recovery.
I’m hoping also to add some portrait galleries to this site today so you can see some of the work I’ve already done in that regard. However, you can click on galleries on the menu and see my fairy portraits.
Have a beautiful day.
Just Doing It
I’ve been in a pit of despair for months, unable to create. Some of what is happening with me can be found at my Weighting blog.
I am ready to create again. I finally decided I need to use my writing and art therapy rather than hold it in and let it rot.
Without explination as to why, I am going to leave you with two things today, a definition and a video link (with lyrics). The two aren’t related, except that they both have meaning to me in the past few months. To see the video with her in it go to the link below.
Comfortable as I am
I need your reassurance
And comfortable as you are
You count the days
But if I wanted silence
I would whisper
And if I wanted loneliness
I’d choose to go
And if I liked rejection
I’d audition
And if I didn’t love you
You would know
And why can’t you just hold me
And how come it is so hard
And do you like to see me broken
And why do I still care
still care
You say you see the light now
At the end of this narrow hall
I wish it didn’t matter
I wish I didn’t give you all
But if I wanted silence
I would whisper
And if I wanted loneliness
I’d choose to go
And if I liked rejection
I’d audition
And if I didn’t love you
You would know
And why can’t you just hold me
And how come it is so hard
And do you like to see me broken
And why do I still care
Poor little misunderstood baby
No one likes a sad face
But I can’t remember life without him
I think I did have good days
I think I did have good days
And why(why) can’t you just hold me
And how come it is so hard
And do you like to see me broken
And why do I still care
***
From Wikipedia – Crocodile Tears
Crocodile tears are a false or insincere display of emotion such as a hypocrite crying fake tears of grief. The expression comes from an ancient anecdote that crocodiles weep in order to lure their prey, or that they cry for the victims they are eating. This tale was first spread widely in English in the stories of the travels of Sir John Mandeville in the 14th century.[1]
| “ | In that country and by all Inde be great plenty of cockodrills, that is a manner of a long serpent, as I have said before. And in the night they dwell in the water, and on the day upon the land, in rocks and in caves. And they eat no meat in all the winter, but they lie as in a dream, as do the serpents. These serpents slay men, and they eat them weeping; and when they eat they move the over jaw, and not the nether jaw, and they have no tongue. | ” |
An alternate explanation for the expression’s origin is that crocodile tears cannot be authentic because crocodiles cannot cry; they lack tear ducts. Yet this is a myth: Crocodiles possess lacrimal glands which secrete a proteinaceous fluid, just like in humans, though tears will only be visible after a crocodile is out of the water for a prolonged period of time, and the eyes begin to dry out. However, while crocodiles can and do generate tears, they do not actually cry.[2]
One prominent use of the expression is by Shakespeare in Othello Act IV, Scene i
I have to say, that Maria Mena reminds me of my oldest daughter and myself (a much younger thinner myself) – her lips and pouty face, just the whole video reminds me of a very specfic time in my life.
An admirer from Belgium