experimenting.

I experiment on my friends a lot. I make them stand in alley ways or in water falls and I photograph them. It has become pretty common and most everyone just tolerates it as part of being my friend.
I like to test out my location and ideas on people, who won’t hate me if I make them look stupid. And then when I think something works, I will try it “for real”

This happened this week.  I have been photographing this grave yard since I was into photography. I used its gates on a project my senior year of high school. I always loved the saying and the beauty of the iron it was made out of.  I revisited the idea from time to time and never really felt satisfied.

Until this weekend.

I think life is a lot like this. Rarely do we get something right the first time when attempting something difficult.  Anything, starting a business, a marriage, or I suspect even being a parent.  Most things in life that are worth having are worth all the re-do’s, and thank God for re-do’s. We can sleep better at night knowing our mess up wasn’t our only chance to get it right.  Life seems to be alot more about the process of trying and trying again, then it is getting it right every time.
And sometimes if we are strong enough to face our failures and see them through, we create something beautiful.

- Alicia