"I believe great people do things before they are ready." I have found myself in a space recently where I am leaning into the things that really bring me joy... those 'life-giving' things! I am leaning into the new people in my life that I am working with and they are affirming some truths that have been revealed to me time and time again over the last few years: communication is key, few things in life are binary: wrong/right, black/white, good/bad etc. and there is NEVER going to be a 'perfect' time to make or do new things! I love that Amy Poehler quote above! I am also realising I don't need to 'push away' from things and people and ventures if my natural state is stable... that has been a very unhelpful frame of mind in many ways. If my boundaries are firmly in place and I am wearing my values on my sleeve there's no need to run, to push away. When I am solid in my world I can 'lean in' when it's needed, when I want to and when it's important to. "I will not have my life narrowed down. I love old photobooth pictures. These beautiful young womyn inspired me one night whilst playing around on my phone with some digital symbols and florals. There is something strong and also yet also vulnerable coming through in each woman's face. Who are they? What are their stories? Beautiful, beautiful womyn!
So here it is! The very first post on my new blog! I'm excited people!
I have been trying to make a photography blog 'work' for me over on Blogspot for over a year now and even with my addiction to reformatting it just never felt right. So not only is this new site the most excellent way to present my work and the services i offer as a photographer but it can also host my blog. Brilliant! So, i have a couple of projects lined up for the coming months and as a result i'm currently feeling creatively motivated and generally positive. Aside from photography jobs and personal projects i'm currently putting together a podcast. I'm really backing myself with this project because i do feel it has real value but i am still going through that classic doubt-cycle that most creatives find themselves going through when taking on a new project. It looks a little bit like this:
I'll push through i'm sure and can't wait to be in the swing of things with this new-to-me medium. Anyway, i feel like sharing a few of the things i've been up to lately. The Summer holidays are a strange time when you free-lance and even stranger when you're parent. I finally understand why parents have always said why they can't wait for school to start at the end of every Summer hols. Yes i get it now, i am seriously gagging for some semblance of a routine! ;-)
zombies
Just before Christmas i was asked if i would document the 'zombification' process for a youth arts program here in South Australia. They are doing whole bunch of zombie themed workshops. It was paid work and it sounded fun!
I have never really worked with teenagers before but i REALLY enjoyed the experience; i really enjoyed them! I was so impressed with all the kids but there was one young lass who had jumped online and watched a few make-up tutorial, bought some make-up and spent the session painting everyones zombie bite wounds. She did a super job for a kiddo with no theatre/film make-up experience. The wounds were just as they should be: SO GROSS! :-) So i took LOTS of pictures, here's a small selection; some shots documenting the afternoon and a few pictures messing around at the end of the session. Oh and check out that zombie cake! watching:
VIKINGS! And falling hard for Legartha, the best female character i've seen on TV in a loooooong time! She is fierce and i am indeed asking myself 'What would Lagertha do?'
I just LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this shot of Katheryn Winnick in character! digital scrapbooking
'let's play make-up faces!'jammin' as therapy!
As some of you may know i dabble in a little song-writing. It has always been a very cathartic process for me. Even just the act of singing really is such a 'feel good' exercise. I play around with my husband Jeremy here and there and we've written and performed together. Now i'm really not sure that Jeremy would agree with me on this because his approach to practise and writing and i guess even performing is quite different to mine but getting into a rehearsal space recently and just 'singing it out' for 5 hours had the most incredible therapeutic quality. What IT is and what i'm saying i'm singing OUT i'm not entirely certain but i know i need more of it in my life. I've been in therapy here and there and i just feel like i'm at a time in my life where therapy needs to have a physical aspect to it; the need to box out frustration, push out any anxiety and i guess sing out the blues.
So we went and messed around on a couple of soul tracks last month with our mate Ben on the kit and after our session i was spent and it felt GREAT! We got so very little done really, only one tune to a point that i would say is playable but just expelling all that energy to the point where my voice was SO tired; it felt great and it reminded me about why i fell in love with song-writing to begin with; all those sessions with just me or me and my guitar or with Jeremy, sometimes other mates, singing tunes i love or tunes i've written. It really is the best kind of therapy!
If you're interested in listening to one of the few times i pulled my finger out and actually recorded a tune here it is: For Emma, a song written for a dear friend i grew up with:
My daughter tells me i sound very different to this now which i nice to hear as this was recorded SEVEN YEARS AGO now. BLIMEY! This year i am really looking forward to doing more music on my own and seeing where it leads me!
THANKS FOR STOPPING BY
SIOBHAN X X X
Since i turned 30 in October there have been a number of rather large challenges for my little family and some personal challenges too. It's encouraged me to adopt a frame of mind that is totally unfamiliar to me. And truly, it's a revelation! For the first time in my adult i feel like i am truly steering my own ship; i am at the centre of my own story! This new found strength is allowing me to push myself creatively like never before. I am making more, collaborating with new people, planning and feeling optimistic, BRAVO!
some old favs:listening to:digital scrapbooking
Still enjoying putting together my family albums in a digital format
THANKS AGAIN GUYS
SIOBHAN X X X Listening to ABC Radio National and the announcer mentions International Photography Day. Then there were folks banging on about the fact that after 175 years of photography how could it have come to this: The age of the selfie! Whatevs! I love a good selfie! ;-) Anyway i thought i might share my current top two favs, to show, in this, the age of the selfie there is some truly stupendous art being created: Kristy Mitchell Kristy's work takes my breath away. Her Wonderland project makes for some of the best pictures i have ever seen. See them HERE. Bill Wadman An American portrait photographer. And here's what i shared on World Photo Day: TIE-DYE DREAM #worldphotoday
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