Creative Combinations and Green Dreams

Okay so what does The Road Warrior, Pocahontas, and The Little Mermaid have in common? 

Scratching your heads on that one? Well, the answer is that they all have themes/settings in relation to my recent trip to Phoenix, Arizona….and no my brother isn’t Mad Max, though he drives like him sometimes ^_~ just kidding. 

So as you can imagine this trip included getting to see my lovely younger siblings (Oh and on a side note, I don’t consider Ale a mere sister-n-law, and calling her just by ‘my brother’s wife’ just feels like I’m not even claiming her in the family, because to me she is just like a sister so why bother with the in-law details – also I mean who doesn’t want a little sister. So I’ll probably just be dropping all that formal stuff and calling her my sis so try not to get confused ;P). Back to what I was saying…this visit included me not only crashing at their lovely (hotel like :P) apartment, but also dragging them off to Las Vegas to corrupt *insert maniacal laughter*….just kidding. But seriously….we did go to Vegas. $_$ 

So once I landed, we took a day to just relax…….does anyone believe that? I mean who am I kidding, this is the young Mr. & Mrs. Vidal! They don’t rest they do. So after a day of meeting a few of Chico and Ale’s small group we took a quick nap and then we were off onto the Vegas Adventure and a weeklong creative journey that will most likely take me months of editing to finally complete. LOL.

So, a quick tid-bit about my trip for you before I head off to bed…For those of you that haven’t seen (or have) my newest album on Facebook called Under the Sea. This was the first of the photo shoots that we did that week, a playful one at that and for several reasons.

One was the fact is that the only camera we had to go underwater was my old point and shoot which we stuck in a underwater case that reminded me of double bagging a sandwich before packing a lunch. LOL. So the quality of the photos was much lower than what we were use to, but then again we were under water! The other reasons for this to be a play shoot were because we didn’t really have any direction for this seeing we’ve never done anything like it before. Not to mention the water wasn’t very deep and I mean it was a pool, so when you look a lot of the time you can see the numbers on the walls, the filters at the bottom, and even the ladders on the side. Also, I had no way of seeing what I was shooting ROFL. No goggles, so I had to guess an angle and just click away hoping to get a good shot in frame. Not to mention the water wasn’t all that warm, which didn’t bother me too much after I got in because I generate a lot of body heat; but Ale and Chico were troopers for putting up with the chills ^_^

So yeah, the bit I wanted to share here was this one outtake that cracked me up. Let’s just say the drowning sailor was refusing the mermaid’s help. ROFL

Trust me there will be plenty more to come but that one just made my day. Also, just wait to see our Native American Themed Shoot :D.

Onto another topic, while I was out there in the desert I realized how much I love and draw inspiration from the greenery around me here in Alabama. Don’t get me wrong the desert has its allure, and ideas abound out there in the rocky areas and sand blasted buildings, but nothing can top the feeling I get during the evening as the sun is setting between the trees; how it coats the leaves in a golden hue. Its just so lush and relaxing. So here’s to my love of green!

<3 :D

But that’s all for now. Is there any type of scenery or setting that just sets your creative juices on fire? If so, share with us. :D

OH....and HAPPY MOTHER's DAY MOM! <3 you :D

Until later, ciao ciao

Jasmine