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Garden of the Gods

23 Wednesday May 2012

Posted by Crystal in Photography, Travel

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My memory of the morning we drove through the Garden of the Gods park in Colorado Springs is kind of a blur now; I remember the gift shop and driving through the park, and I remember thinking that the history of the park was really interesting, as well as all the names of the rock formations, but now I couldn’t tell you any details. Since that is easy to look up, I will be lazy and let you do that on your own if you are interested. Here are some pictures from the drive.

Garden of the Gods
Garden of the Gods
UntitledThe white rocks were my favorites. (not sure “rocks” is the best term for these, but whatevs. That’s as scientific as my brain will go today.)

Garden of the Gods
Garden of the Gods
Garden of the Gods
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Garden of the GodsNot sure exactly why, but I really like this shot.

Garden of the Gods

I seem to keep mentioning gift shops, but I do think you can tell a lot about the park/historic site you visit by wandering the gift shop. The one we visited here was massive, with a very wide assortment of items. I remember seeing Wonder Woman merchandise, paintings, the normal tourist stuff like postcards…Mom bought a sparkly sand art piece, I think I got a wildflower guide book…All that to reiterate the variety of the merchandise available here. I’m pretty sure we spent almost as much time wandering the shop as it took us to drive through the park.

We only stopped once as we drove through the Garden, so I think I’d like to return and explore a little bit, or at least take more time with some photos. (That’s always harder to do with the entire family there.)

Anyone have some stellar shots of the Garden you wanna share?

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The Princess and the Pea

22 Tuesday May 2012

Posted by Crystal in Fairy Tale Collection, Photography

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She then laid twenty mattresses one upon another over the three peas, and put twenty feather beds over the mattresses.
Upon this bed the Princess was to pass the night.

The Princess and the Pea

About the Story

So this is one of the fairy tales that make sense when you read them as child, but seems entirely ridiculous as a grown-up. I mean, really: A real princess should be able to feel a pea or three underneath a tower of mattresses? And how awful would that be in real life if that was true? How could you walk? Or travel anywhere? A carriage ride or a walk on horseback would probably break your bones.

But now I’m rambling. There are a couple versions of this story as well (as with most fairy tales). In some, the princess is actually that sensitive and is all bruised up after a night sleeping over a pea. In others, she was warned that it was a test so she could fake it for her future mother-in-law.  The stories even vary on whether it was one pea or three. So now you more about the story. (You can read it here.)

About the Image

Jessica suggested this story to me a couple weeks ago for her shot, and I was really excited to get going on it. I didn’t even think about taking some shots of the setup, but I’ve got a couple where you can kind of see it. Laura, of http://www.afrugalchick.com, was our production assistant and helped with Jess’ hair and kept me from falling off our precarious table set up.

I knew I wanted to be outside, so I kept trying to find a park that would fit the look I wanted (my first choice location involved too much carrying of mattresses for my inherent laziness), and be within walking distance of my car. After a week full of rain, I decided that my best bet was to use my own backyard. Which turned out perfectly and made for an easy set up.

Here are a couple outtakes and “behind the scenes” pictures:
The Princess and the Pea
outtake

The Princess and the Pea

Here you can see the tables holding up the top mattress and the tarp underneath everything, as well as my reflector and the ladder I used for some of the shots.

Further Reading

Violet Eyes by Debbie Viguié is a sweet and easy read. It’s a cute little adaptation that’s part of a series of fairy tale retellings. The Surlalune link in the “About the Story” section also has some nice background information on the story.

 

Are the “behind the scenes” shots fun? Should I make an effort to get some for this series?

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Me Monday: Back to the Beginning

21 Monday May 2012

Posted by Crystal in Photography

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001/365 - Day One

Here’s Day One of the 365 Project from March 1, 2009. That seems like such a long time ago, but also like it just happened. Crazy. Being a grown-up makes time go faster—doing the same job everyday does that, I think.

I’m in the same full-time (and part-time) job, but that picture was two offices ago. That was my favorite office. Ah, memories.

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