May 21, 2014

may fifth

Earlier this year, I was craving interaction with photographers.  I was watching girls go to retreats and reminiscing on my time almost three years ago (!!!) with Jessica Shae.  Indiana cannot compare to the Seattle, Portland, and Nashvilles of the photography world.  Finding ever-growing and passionate photographers to network with can be difficult.

Along came Delight.  Delight wasn't new to me, but I had never spent much time reading about it or interacting in the community.  WHY did I do that?  I'm not sure, but one day on the way to South Carolina, I saw that I had been added to the Indiana Delight+Be Facebook page.  As I scrolled through it, I got excited.  There are actually young Indiana photographers who are passionate about photography too!  And they are excellent at what they do!  Well, it didn't take long until the wonderful Emily (who turns out I had met before, but my shy, freshman self didn't interact with...) posted about a spontaneous meet-up.

The details fell into place so crazy fast.  Natalia drove down and met me in the craziness of a school day (sorry you kind of got thrown into my life...it went like this: "Hi!!  So nice to meet you!  Here's all my family and all my close friends in one place - not trying to overwhelm you!)

After dinner and a time of getting to know each other (by the way, if you have never watched photographers who have never met before connect, it is one of the coolest things.  strangers to (almost) best friends in the blink of an eye.), we explored the Indianapolis Art Museum, which was looking gorgeous in the spring that finally decided to come.

I left feeling content and happy, knowing I had made art with new friends.  And they are friends - Alora, Sarah, Emily, and Natalia.  Photographers need that time to create without the pressure of producing perfect images, to talk about business and styles and inspiration.  It was good.  And it will most definitely happen again someday. :)

(The alternate title of this post could be: Oh hey, look!  I blogged the night before I graduate.  How does that even happen?)

8 comments:

  1. AnonymousMay 22, 2014

    Great photos Olivia! The sunlight in these are beautiful. :)

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  2. You have such a RAW talent for photography, Olivia. Beautiful work!

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  3. whatttt? i didn't know you were apart of Delight? schweet. Delight is just the bomb dot com, and I love it so much. I'm totally with you on struggling to find photographers in your area. Colorado is severely lacking. :P
    these shots are so gorgeous, though. i adore the first few with Natalia by that bush/plant/tree. ;)

    (anddd, congrats on graduating!)

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  4. I love it! And I loved that night, still thinking about it and laughing at some of the memories - especially, ahem, me trying to pose for everyone. Oh dear. ;-) I had such an amazing time meeting you; praying that we can meet again soon. A congratulations on graduating; this is going to be such an amazing time in your life!

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  5. I'm kinda in love with all of these photos. (insert my fave smiley with heart eyes) Also good job on blogging before graduation! ;)

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  6. AnonymousMay 25, 2014

    ohhh these are so lovely! beautiful girls. (and happy graduation!) xoxox

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  7. i love all these photos waaaay too much :)

    Sarah
    imsarahgrace.blogspot.com

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  8. AH! I had no idea you had blogged about this. I don't know how i missed it. I loove all the pictures. You're so talented! I had such a blast meeting up with you. We must get together sometime yet this summer! xo

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