The Wisteria

Self portrait series. I have so many of these I'll be posting more soon but from another side of the wisteria. 

The wisteria in Georgia is invasive and kills a lot of trees, but grows rampant. It's beautiful for about two weeks before it dies. For once I wasn't on tour will it bloomed, so I could take these photos but get to enjoy them myself. There is an abandoned plant nursery near my home in Georgia, where these flowers took over. Bridges and tunnels covered in them. They smelled so good, though I worried a bee may get stuck in my hair while I posed.

Quarantine has given me time to really enjoy Georgia and see the beautiful places here that I known were just a little hidden from me. I can imagine Patreon will be filled with more photos of Georgia for a while. I've enjoyed my time in quarantine to create self portraits. I feel like self portraits help me feel like a good model or a beautiful person. It's a chance to experiment and try something I've had in my imagination. It's been a way to pat myself on the back. But also I find a deep relaxing joy when I can freely edit photos. without worrying about the time. I still don't find much of a passion for holding a camera, although maybe that's because I feel like I'm multitasking too much when I'm taking photos and modeling. I don't mind taking photos of others, but end up feeling like I wish I were modeling instead.  It's made me sloppy in photo taking. I'll choose decent enough camera settings and some random light, so I can focus on modeling, even in the challenges I've given myself, then I edit with where the photo takes me.

Since 2017, I haven't put much effort into taking a photo I had an idea for editing, and I think I might like to try it again. I haven't had any ideas though and I don't want to force them.  I have enough to edit on my plate, so I'll start with that, and hopefully you'll enjoy as well