Taste the Rainbow…
Posted on May 4, 2006 by Christine | 11 Comments
Click on the photo to get the uber-cool large view.
Originally, I hand-colored all of the flamingos pink. They looked … so … something. Plain? Boring? Expected? I don’t know. Just not right. So I removed all of that color – the joy of working with chalks! – and instead went with the rainbow flamingos. This scan doesn’t even do them justice – they turned out very nice in person.
They are now sitting in my Photo I portfolio that I turned in today. I went in yesterday to develop my last two rolls of film. I exchanged minimal words with my instructor, and he was back to normal. Well, what I thought was normal all semester long until Tuesday. I forgot to mention that at one point a few weeks ago he made some quip to me about something – the usual banter that goes on in a lab class like that – and said to me that he was glad he knew me well enough to say what he said. (I think it was something about a joke they had just made on the radio. His comment stuck with me a lot more than the context.)
I think that was part of what bothered me so much the other day. I felt as though I had met another photography lover, something that brings a common bond between anyone with a passion for their art. Knitters? We have a bond. Photographers? We have a bond. Although looking at it now, I realize the bonds are different. Both are arts, but knitters share their passion so freely – while some photographer guard it so close and can be quite snooty about other people’s work. You don’t see this in the knitting world. If I come across a new knitter, I welcome them – no matter what. I do not critique their work. I value it. I am the same way with photographers, but the lesson that has been driven home by this experience is that not everyone feels that way.
I refuse to be a skeptic though. I refuse to let it get me down. I will still embrace all photographers, because as I said the other day – we all have something to learn from one another. Knitters have taught me this lesson time and time again. No matter what your skill level is in any craft, there is something that I can learn from you.
My other lesson for today? To remember to love your inner geek, your inner freak, your little quirks – whatever it is that makes you who you are. Don’t let the world smother that part of you, but instead you need to set it free.
My last two Biology tests are over now. I made a B on the lab practical, and I am confident that I will make a B on the exam too. I’m down to three final exams on Tuesday, Wednesday and maybe Thursday of next week (depending on whether or not I take the photo final on Wednesday or Thursday), and then the semester is done. For tonight, I am going to enjoy some needed down time. Tomorrow there will be the MOMs group, studying, and then we will get together with Daysies to have dinner and wish her well as she moves off to Dallas. I still can’t believe she is leaving – I’m just glad she will always just be a phone call away.
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Hi! I'm Christine. Wife to Mike. Mom of Jason. Owned by 4 cats. Houston & Destination Wedding Photographer & owner of Hot Mama Boudoir. Blogger since 2000. Living in Houston, Texas since 1985. Living in a 1920 Bungalow in the Heights since 2011.
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May 4th, 2006 @ 9:40 pm
Christine,
That tinted photo is AMAZING! If you’d ever consider selling prints, I’d seriously consider investing (because truly, that is art, and one does not ‘buy’ art, they ‘invest’ in it) in a print of it.
You are one truly talented photographer. Now, if I could only figure out the whole knitting thing, I’d be a happy camper!
Thanks for sharing such a beautiful thing!
May 5th, 2006 @ 12:01 am
Okay, I want a Flamingo print too!
May 5th, 2006 @ 7:42 am
i knew you could put your coloring to good use.
i love the colors you chose!
May 5th, 2006 @ 9:41 am
Now, those are fun flamingos! You know why flamingos are pink? Because of what they eat – shrimp! So now we have to figure out what these guys have been eating…this is gonna e fun! Starting to get excited about Saturday – I need to rummage through my stash.
May 5th, 2006 @ 10:21 am
Daysies — I colored them with my Stampin’ Up! chalks too – see, my crafty supplies are good for so many things! I’ve used them more on school projects this year (mine and Jason’s) then on anything else!
May 5th, 2006 @ 11:35 am
that’s so cool. i can’t believe you actually *colored* them. like, on the photo. that’s so neat!
May 5th, 2006 @ 12:38 pm
I would buy that print as well. I love it!!!! You keep inspiring me with your photography.
May 6th, 2006 @ 12:55 am
What a gorgeous photo!!! I’d SO buy a print of that.
May 6th, 2006 @ 12:21 pm
I love Flamingo Nation (it reminds me of the Regia Nation Colors yarns for some reason..)!
May 8th, 2006 @ 8:01 am
Christine, you do amazing work. I’d so buy a print of this!!
May 10th, 2006 @ 7:27 am
ok one that is phenomenally beautiful. Your photos have completely and fully inspired me to want to learn more and finally go the next step in photography. I have always had an interest, maybe a little bit of an eye, but never the know how. Now… I am actively searching out the know how
Cause damn if I dont want to take me some good photos like that!