My life has been unsettled for the last 15 months and continues to be so. I haven't talked about it much other than a mention in my other blog just as things started to unravel. The short version is that my husband lost his job 15 months ago and is still looking for work. Recently, we put our house on the market. Not because we have a plan....we don't. We chose to take this step now in an attempt to escape what could become a devastating financial drain... before 30 years of savings is lost.
The stress of the situation has taken a toll on me creatively....hence the long dry spell in this blog. But spring has brought with it a nudge of inspiration and it helps me feel a bit more like my old self. I've spent hours in the garden and in the studio looking through a macro lens and it's good because during that time I don't worry. It's a relief and I need to do it more.
I have a few white tulips in my yard and I thought it would be fun to pick one and shoot it against a black background just to play with the light. These are a couple of the first few shots taken when it was still wet from the rain. I'm not completely sure how I feel about them. I like them but to me something about them doesn't look quite real. Is that so or have I just been looking at them for too long? This is the problem with so much uncertainty my life...it creeps into everything I do and my confidence wavers.
I was pleased by this bit of magic I was able to create with backlight. It wasn't planned, but I looked through the lens and spotted that sparkle in the water drop. The starburst effect was not added in an editor...that's straight out of the camera.
