Photos by Mike Alredge from 20 Days of Grey
I had the wonderful, and fortunate experience to meet with Mike Alredge and his lovely wife Elizabeth for a little photography on Saturday morning. Mike is working on a wonderful project, 20 days in black and white- where as an artist, he is making a time investment into truly improving his skills in black and white by forcing himself to shoot every day for twenty days. The two of them let me in on this wonderful little journey with them- letting the mortals mingle with the gods.
Not only did I get to watch an artist be inspired by nature, movement, and composing each upcoming shot in his mind - I got to watch a very affectionate, loving, and inspiring couple work together, work off of each other. It was like being the fly on the wall in a wonderfully coordinated love scene. It's hard to describe, but the way that they talked to each other, it was a a feeling, it was fun- the way she suggested things for his shots, the way he called her pet names. Things that they probably don't even realize they do- so easy- so effortless. Unpretentious, easy going- but still with boundries of some kind (they are 9-5ers). So different from myself, but so easy to relate to. Again, it was hard to pinpoint it exactly.
With so many couples, marriages, and almost relationships around me being so toxic and so emotionally draining on so many that I love (or even those that I have met in recent days)- where they are letting themselves be stuck in something that makes life dark and uninspiring- watching these two who in 45 minutes time illustrated how light they make each others' lives, and how they work to inspire each other. It was refreshing, fun- easy conversation, easy shooting, and talks of future work with them (some with Josh- some with other friends - all of which I'm VERY excited about!). 
I'm wanting to do a few shoots with Josh here in Indy before we leave for the coast. Having some of the wonderful artists here in the "hometown," capture the two of us in this beautiful city, so that we can plaster the living room walls will be a great way to take some of Indiana with us. Not only having real, organic works of art, as well as having pictures of myself, my lover, and the third to this threesome- Indianapolis- as the background- will be a dream come true. So many of these blosoming artists - or artists who have been shooting for years - are the perfect way to capture us- the "beginning" us, the "launching into a new time of our lives" us - is very exciting.
Josh gave me a scrapbook for my birthday (with a beautiful love letter tucked inside)- as well as making sure I had a cupcake, and a candle to blow out before we got on the road for TN. This is to be filled with all kinds of pictures of our adventures- the ones we've had- and the ones we look forward to. It is already half filled with pictures just from our trip to the aquarium in Gatlinburg. I see many more scrapbooks in our futures. I'm so excited that he wants to share his adventures with me, as well as documenting it all with photos with me. I love it!
That's really all for now.. besides that I keep checking Zillow.com every day watching the rentals get posted and rented. I am anxious for the day we can go and find our new home!
BTW- There are some really great projects coming up in my future... announcements coming soon. Fashion, romance, adventure... it's all coming your way (and mine!) :) :) <3
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