{"id":1095,"date":"2007-09-21T18:21:00","date_gmt":"2007-09-21T18:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/janaremy.com\/?p=1095"},"modified":"2007-09-21T18:21:00","modified_gmt":"2007-09-21T18:21:00","slug":"thinking-about-flowers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.janaremy.com\/pilgrimsteps\/2007\/09\/21\/thinking-about-flowers\/","title":{"rendered":"thinking about flowers&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<style type=\"text\/css\">.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; }<\/style>\n<div class=\"flickr-frame\">\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/pilgrimgirl\/1401782165\/\" title=\"photo sharing\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm2.static.flickr.com\/1433\/1401782165_a1b2487c6b.jpg\" class=\"flickr-photo\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><br \/>\t<span class=\"flickr-caption\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/pilgrimgirl\/1401782165\/\">nasturtiums<\/a>, originally uploaded by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/people\/pilgrimgirl\/\">pilgrimgirl<\/a>.<\/span><\/div>\n<p class=\"flickr-yourcomment\">\tLately I&#8217;ve been thinking that I&#8217;m getting some pretty good results with my flower photos.  So I thought, just maybe, I could make a bit of money off of them, selling them as &#8220;stock&#8221; photography (the types of pics that publications purchase).  So I went to iStock.com and began the application process.<\/p>\n<p>I was about halfway done when they gave a list of all the types of photos that they don&#8217;t want, because they have too many.  Flowers were at the top of the list along with pets.  Humph.<\/p>\n<p>Well I went into a bit of a funk.  Feeling like what I do with my camera is so &#8216;common.&#8217;  Of course GS&#8217; and Sara&#8217;s recent praise of some of my photos made me feel a bit better, but at the same time I was thinking, &#8220;what a waste of time.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Then this morning I went to the garden (sans camera) and thought some more about it.  And I came to a few conclusions&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t take flower pictures (or any of my pics, for that matter) because I expect that I have more talent than any of the other billion flower photographers out there.  I take them because the process brings me joy.  I love the &#8216;chase&#8217; of merging the good lighting with a unique angle and a gorgeous flower.  It&#8217;s that moment that&#8217;s the fun part.  The alchemy that happens when I am with plants (and critters) and I am seeing them in a new way through my lens.  <\/p>\n<p>Then I love that I can return to that moment when I upload the pics to flickr and then share them with you.  <\/p>\n<p>Like the photo above.  I took it as I was absorbing the morning sun on the balcony of a courtyard garden in Beacon Hill.  It was a choice moment&#8211;thinking about the gardener who planted the fruits and veggies in the urban space, with historical buildings all around (and I was so thrilled to find nasturtiums in Massachusetts&#8211;I had no idea that they would grow in such a cold place!).  Reveling in the bright new day.  Feeling completely at peace.  And in awe.  <\/p>\n<p>Now I know I didn&#8217;t capture all of that in this one photo.  But maybe it reflects just a smidge of what I felt then.  Or maybe you, when seeing this picture, have you own happy thoughts about spending the morning in a garden.  Either way, I feel some success.  Knowing that my photo just brought you some of the joy it brought me, that it reached out across the &#8216;net and touched you.  And that makes it all worthwhile.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>nasturtiums, originally uploaded by pilgrimgirl. Lately I&#8217;ve been thinking that I&#8217;m getting some pretty good results with my flower photos. 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