I stood behind a fence, the wide blue slats giving me space to point my camera and shoot the crape myrtle without interference.
It was the exact moment after my camera clicked that the wind blew and it felt as if the crape myrtle kissed me with its scent. I looked down at my feet and possibly even blushed.
A crape myrtle tree, flirting with me.
I have noticed this phenomenon since I have encountered the world with my camera and nearly everything has become a subject for my photographic art.
Something shifts when it is seen as a subject, when it is held sacredly - with a light yet sure and true touch. One of the joys of digital photography is that I can just click and click and click, allowing the camera to partner with my energy.
I don't have to worry that everything is "just right" I simply catch whatever is lobbed at me visually. It is like Paul Gaugin said, "I shut my eyes in order to see."
Last night I photographed my friend, Aileen Robinson, a fellow actor from "Song for Vanya" and she said something like this: "You really use interesting angles in your photography."
I looked down at the photos I had just taken of her and realized she was right. I hadn't noticed what made the photos so intriguing, I just clicked what drew my heart closer to the subject.
Maybe that is why the crape myrtle flirted with me.
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