Monday, May 12, 2014

ALRIGHTY, THEN


     Monday morning. Another gorgeous day here in Nashville, and I am thinking of my friends in Colorado, who are currently being dumped on right now by one of those spring snow storms that takes you back a few steps in the process of spring really unfolding. The one time I stuck it out in Vail through the mud season was so hard. It takes a patience I don't know if I possess anymore. Keep holding on guys!  I have always wished the seasons would gradually ramp up, and then taper off nice and smoothly, without all the ups and downs, throwing you curve balls. But, that's not the way it goes. Just like life, huh? Oh, analogies, what would I do without you!
     Yesterday was one of those days that I got to catch a curve ball.  Life is crazy. All those ups and downs, the good and bad, the surreal and all-too-real. I'm now at the age where you take a look back at your dreams, and fantasies of what life would be like in the future...who you'd be with, where you would end up, what you'd be doing, and who you would get to meet along the way. I clearly remember daydreaming as a waitress about what my life as a 'not-yet-a-singer songwriter' would entail, (very glamorous, millions of adoring fans, signing the perfect autograph...), I also had fantasies of being fussed over by a team of hair and make-up people, and working with the best in the industry (specifically Herb Ritts, the photographer, and Kevin Aucoin the make-up artist). Well, unfortunately, they have since passed, just as time likes to do, and those dreams start to fade...until...


somehow this guy is standing in front of you. This is Mark Seliger, (www.managementartists.com/photography/mark-seliger). He has shot many of the Rolling Stone covers you have seen over the years, amongst many other editorials and magazine covers that include too many celebrities to mention. A celebrity, I am not. And, I am quite confident I will never make the cover of Rolling Stone. An opportunity arose for me and my boyfriend to be photographed by THIS GUY. What? And he spent 5 hours doing it? Dang. Life IS crazy. And, for someone who likes to jump OUT of the photo, not be in it, the thought of this was very intimidating. Somehow it wasn't. And, though my daydreams have changed a bit since those days, and I'd rather not have people fuss over me,  I think I could make an exception...


I think Mark was standing there scratching his head, wondering, just as I was, "how did I get here?" Or, "I wish we could've had professional hair and make-up", or "I don't think there is enough photoshop in the world to erase those wrinkles". All joking aside, it was a lot of fun. It was a moment for me. His team of people were very nice, and it was cool having a snapshot in to the day-in-the-life of one of the best in this creative field. He was in Nashville to shoot Eric Church, and then moving on to Miranda Lambert (today). I know I am a lucky gal, and I have had some neat-o opportunities. So, today, and every day, I am grateful for how cool, and crazy life is- and it IS nothing like I imagined, and I'm glad it isn't. www.managementartists.com/photography/mark-seliger

3 comments:

  1. OK, so let's see more of your beautiful self, please . . .

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  2. wow sounds like a good time for all n bets the pics came out great keep smiling n hopes your spring is going great

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  3. C'mon you're worth it. Very fine music...

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