Oops. Pick the "albrechtii" link.
Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :
oh yeah -- it definately does look like that. I'll mark it on my notes as an azalea. Thanks! We must not have many of those around here...
FG
Posted by Altáriël of Dorthonion (Member # 6473) on :
i know them by the name of Alcatraz...
Posted by TheTick (Member # 2883) on :
Azaleas are very common in Virginia - you should see the drive into the Norfolk airport when the azaleas are blooming (goes right through the Botanical Gardens).
Posted by Sopwith (Member # 4640) on :
Looks like a calla lily to me, a flower often used at weddings.
Was it taken from someone's wedding bouquet? Dana's?
Just guessing.
Posted by katharina (Member # 827) on :
Houston is covered with azaleas every spring. Dallas has some, but we don't get as much rain as Houston.
See Houston from above in azalea season is really something. You can see the Pink.
Posted by mackillian (Member # 586) on :
Yup, a calla lily from Bob n Dana's wedding. The IR negatives and contact sheet FINALLY arrive today. It took them forever to process them and I'm not sure why.
They turned out really cool, but STILL. A ridiculous wait. They did send it next day air once they were done, their dollar. Posted by Mrs.M (Member # 2943) on :
Gorgeous picture, mac.
I had calla lillies on my place settings at my wedding, but I don't have any cool pictures like that.
Posted by mackillian (Member # 586) on :
That's why people hire me as their photographer. Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
Very true. Posted by mothertree (Member # 4999) on :
It reminds me of a Mapplethorpe, really Mack. I thought that's where you were going with this.
Posted by Christy (Member # 4397) on :
You know, Tom and I were at a wedding this past weekend and the photographers were obnoxious. That got us talking about how great a wedding photographer we thought you were. You were in all the right places at the right times, but didn't command presence or focus the wedding as a picture-taking event. And the pictures you took are phenomenal. (Including that lily one) You really are a great photographer, Mack! Makes me half tempted to do it all over again just so we could hire you as a photographer. Posted by Scott R (Member # 567) on :
I was thinking calla lilly too, but it looks like someone already posted it.
Of course, I was thinking, 'That's that funeral flower. . .'
Posted by Elizabeth (Member # 5218) on :
No, Scott, it's For Weddings and a Funeral.
Posted by mackillian (Member # 586) on :
Christy, I also went to a friend's wedding where the photographer was obnoxious. It seemed that he had to be nearly important as the bridge and groom. VERY obtrusive, especially during the ceremony itself. Using flash, jumping all over the place, it took away from the ceremony. That's when I knew that a photographer is there to document the event in the best way possible, but isn't supposed to exactly be a PART of the event. The attention should be on the bride and groom and the party, and not the photographer.
There are SOME times when you have to make yourself known. During the portrait shoot. Or in the reception when I was trying to get the dancing shots and people kept walking in front of me.
Memories of the event shouldn't be of the photographer, they should be of that day, and the photographers pictures should bring up memories of that DAY, of the celebration of a couple, with friends and family.
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