Spending time playing catchup is never fun…but it has to get done. I am one of those girls who loves to shoot, because for one it’s FUN! But also, because it gives me such a charge- a feeling of connecting, and there is an unbelievable intimacy between the person taking the picture and the person being captured. It is such a challenge for me to take what I see, what my spirit feels when I look at a person and portray that through the camera.
But as I have learned that is only the beginning. In order to really give that image the finishing touch, one must EDIT, and edit some more. So as the work has started to backup I have started to dive in and complete some sessions. Which for an artist is never easy. It’s not easy to say, “I’m done” with a piece, with a body of work. But holding onto something, not releasing it for fear that it could be better, it’s not perfect enough- well let’s just say these are just negative tapes that we play for ourselves and I’m not allowing mine to play anymore.
So, I’ve finally finished working on a session of my dear friend and neighbor Joselyn. I had talked to her before about taking her pic, but on this day she had just come home from a big all-day workshop that she helped put together. One especially for women, one where she gave these women lifechanging makeovers. We were chatting as she came home and I said “I’ve just got to take your picture, you look so great!”
I ran in and grabbed my camera and she wasn’t so sure. The makeover people also did her hair and makeup and she was feeling out of her element. She doesn’t typically let her hair down, and she is very particular about her hair. She doesn’t like to feel overcome by her hair, she likes to be in control of as she calls it “the hair” and she definitely doesn’t like it if she thinks “the hair” is “too big”!
I already knew about her love/hate relationship with her hair (don’t we all have one?!) and I think that’s why I wanted to grab my camera and capture her vulnerability but also that she was completely beautiful with her hair down. That this was just another side to who she is, and I wanted her to see that side for what it is;
I ran in and grabbed my camera and she wasn’t so sure. The makeover people also did her hair and makeup and she was feeling out of her element. She doesn’t typically let her hair down, and she is very particular about her hair. She doesn’t like to feel overcome by her hair, she likes to be in control of as she calls it “the hair” and she definitely doesn’t like it if she thinks “the hair” is “too big”!
I already knew about her love/hate relationship with her hair (don’t we all have one?!) and I think that’s why I wanted to grab my camera and capture her vulnerability but also that she was completely beautiful with her hair down. That this was just another side to who she is, and I wanted her to see that side for what it is;
beautiful
strong
feminine.
Thanks Joselyn, for keeping me centered and being such a kind and giving friend. You are a blessing to all those who know you…
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