Photo shoot preparations
I bought cut flowers this morning. I probably bought too many. But I know that I want to have flowers in some of my pictures this evening and I wanted to have a variety to choose from. Not only that, but I want to have enough that we can disassemble them if we are so inclined. I doubt we will use all these flowers, but I want to have them all available. Besides finding people to appreciate the left over flowers shouldn’t be hard at all.
I’ve picked out all my favorite clothes from my closet. There is no way we are going to use all of the clothes I’ve picked out. I’m going to bring them anyway because I want to have options. I don’t want to be at the photo shoot wanting to take a picture in a swirly skirt when I left my swirly skirt at home. I’ve also packed up more jewelry than we’ll used. And of course I’ve got the hairspray and curling iron and barrettes and bobby pins.
As I survey this huge pile I feel sheepish and vain. I worry that I’ll show up at the photographer’s house and she’ll boggle at the sheer quantity of stuff that I’ve brought. I am so hoping this will go well and be fun for everyone involved. I really don’t want to end up being one of those foolish clients about whom stories are told for years afterward. I stare at the pile and the fearful voices in my head yammer that I should put some of the stuff back. I should scale down. I should simplify.
But I don’t listen to those voices. If I scale back or simplify then I limit the creative potential of the photo shoot. Those voices are just afraid of being laughed at. Logic tells me that being laughed at is unlikely. I might get teased, but it will be as friends tease, not the harsh laughter of ridicule. I’ve been lurking in the photographer’s livejournal and I think she’ll understand why I brought so much stuff.
I hope for so many things from this photo shoot. Obviously I want some good pictures. But I also hope for the chance to be creative. I hope to spend a fun time with my friend raisinfish and to make a new friend. One hour to go.