Where’s the sun?

Written on May 12, 2008

Well Mother’s Day was yesterday. I hope all you mothers out there had a good day! Lately I’ve been itching for the sun to arrive and already started planting things in my flower beds. I have some seedlings going but the sun has been hiding behind some rain clouds lately and they are not growing too well, though one of my marigolds bloomed and it’s silly how one can get so excited over a tiny little bloom. My husbands tulips are still in bloom so I have to wait for those to clear out to really get planting. Some are already on their way out and I captured a few yesterday. I prefer to shoot flowers that have aged. I love the old school still life masterpieces. They actually waited for the fruit or flowers to rot slightly before taking the picture or painting them, so it’s a theme I’ve been trying to revisit in my own work. I find the subject has a bit more character to it when you let them take on their own forms with time.