Separation
What is one’s body but a blank canvas
with which to explore art and self-expression?
My husband’s parents left this morning. They stayed with us for nearly three weeks. It was really sad to say goodbye. Matt said when he moved to the U.S. that, though he missed England, it wasn’t the familiarity of his homeland that made it so difficult to move away; it was being so far from his family. Now that I have come to know them and how kind and fun they are, I understand intimately the depth of his feelings. It’s really hard to say goodbye when it’s time to leave.
Angel on March 23rd, 2009 | File Under England | 3 Comments -
March 24th, 2009 at 9:41 pm
Wow Angel, I love that first photo of Lily! It is so colorful and her eyes sparkle! I love it when kids do silly things like that, they are so creative without even trying!
March 25th, 2009 at 8:38 am
I was really impressed with that photo as well! Mainly because it is taken with a wide-angle lens, and most photos of people taken with a wide-angle lens don’t look good. Her face is a bit distorted by the lens, but it actually adds to the photo because she is so immediate… she seems to pop out of the photo. And with all the colorful marker and her expression, she almost seems three-dimensional.
All because I didn’t want to use the telephoto because the lighting was low and I didn’t want to use flash.
Under normal circumstances, I wouldn’t have used a wide-angle for a close-up picture of a person, but it was overcast and my choices were telephoto with a flash or wide-angle with natural light.
Makes you realize that photography is quite often luck mixed with skill. Which is part of the fun of it, isn’t it? It’s always fun to be handed a gem that you weren’t expecting.
I think the depth of field is also really cool, which I was also not expecting. Usually, a wide-angle brings everything, including the background, in focus. But I guess the aperture was wide open because the lighting was so low, and that’s what gave it such a small depth of field.
Lily was sad when we made her wash the marker off to go to the bed. She said all the colors made her beautiful. I don’t know if it was the colors or how happy she was to have the colors on her, but either way, she did look beautiful.
June 12th, 2009 at 11:23 pm
Always impressed by your blog Angel. My parents also left to go back to Lincoln the other day and I also feel a bit lost. Much as I love living in Central Oregon (though the summer could well arrive now!) being so far away from my family does make me feel a bit lost sometimes. Can’t ring my Mum at 5pm when I’m cooking tea for a bit of advice as it’s gone midnight at home, for example! How does Matt cope?