Last night we had our monthly Pug meeting with record numbers of new photographers joining us. It must have been because
Carla Ten Eyck was our guest speaker. Carla is an amazing woman. She's a wife, a mom, a super talented photographer and someone who constantly pushes herself to do better. If you get to know her a bit, you realize that she is a real "doer". Things don't just get written down on a list to try out at a later date, she just puts ideas into action before they have a chance to stale. I found her presentation and words so inspiring because I always have an ongoing list of things that I want to shoot, things that I'm passionate about. The reality for me is that I probably get to about 50% of them. I can feel so buried by all of the hats that I wear as a self employed woman. Carla brought up some very interesting questions that began to rattle around in my brain. I'm famous for saying, "put it on the list". Well maybe I will still keep a list because I'm forgetful, but I think that I will approach it with an organized mind and a selfish "just do it" attitude. Creativity is an action, an energy that expands. I love the expression, "What would you do if you knew that you could not fail". So thanks to Carla I have some serious questions to ask myself, not just today but everyday. So my house might be a mess and the yard could probably use some more clean up before the Winter really sets in, but today I sat at my computer and just tackled some of the projects that I've wanted to get to. Only a dent in the surface really, but I feel like I've had a productive day. I even found these two photographs of my son and his toys that I've wanted to do something with. I love to combine images that have a common denominator yet a strange juxtaposition. For the record these were shot in the Winter of 2007.
Thursday, November 20, 2008
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