Laura Boston Thek Imagery » Mushrooms http://www.bostonthekimagery.com/blog An Itinerant Artist with multiple cameras and her Wheaten Terrier wandering through Europe. Fri, 09 Sep 2011 09:47:25 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= This is Starting to Become a Habit http://www.bostonthekimagery.com/blog/2010/03/06/this-is-starting-to-become-a-habit/ http://www.bostonthekimagery.com/blog/2010/03/06/this-is-starting-to-become-a-habit/#comments Sat, 06 Mar 2010 17:02:49 +0000 lthek http://www.bostonthekimagery.com/blog/?p=1928 Yesterday we had to do a bit of shopping and boy were we shocked when we got the bill.  The problem I believe was we were seeing everything in a new way.  The way of the Wet Plate Process.  It was like we were speaking a secret language, I even noticed a man trying to figure out what the heck we were talking about.  I would hold something up and look at my husband with a quizzical look and just say…” Collodion?“  He would either nod, shrug or give me a flat out look of ARE YOU CRAZY WOMAN.  I have to admit that was usually the look that would get me to put the item into my cart.

So today, we are back in the studio shooting and justifying our indulgent purchases by making them into Art…or at least attempting to.  Seems you do a lot more cleaning of glass than actually capturing images on it but all good things take time.  BUT, my ratio of cleaning to keeping is definitely getting better.

Here is the result of my visit to the vegetable isle yesterday.  I have to admit, this darkroom stuff is really starting to become a habit!  I think Fruit will follow Fungus today…

]]> http://www.bostonthekimagery.com/blog/2010/03/06/this-is-starting-to-become-a-habit/feed/ 1 Fairy Rings and the Holy Grail… http://www.bostonthekimagery.com/blog/2009/10/25/fairy-rings-and-the-holy-grail/ http://www.bostonthekimagery.com/blog/2009/10/25/fairy-rings-and-the-holy-grail/#comments Sun, 25 Oct 2009 17:07:39 +0000 lthek http://www.bostonthekimagery.com/blog/?p=1486 red-capped-shroom-6sigsmI spent some time today in a “Fairy Ring” in the forest.  While on our Sunday wander today we found what for me has always been the Holy Grail of mushrooms, the Red Fly mushroom.  This beautiful red capped mushroom fueled many of my childhood dreams of Germany and it’s Fairy filled forests.

Once many years ago I tripped over a log on a hike and fell face first on the ground in front of one of these beauties and I have held onto the memory of that discovery since that day.  So much so that each year during the Christmas season I try to buy a new Christmas ornament in the shape of this vibrantly colored fungus for my Christmas tree.  In many of the German folk stories and Fairy tales these red caps dot their illustrations.  Thought of as a good luck bringer in many European cultures.

Today, my husbands keen eye caught a ring of them just off the path we were traveling on.  I can not even express my joy in finding this Fairy Ring.  They were even more beautiful than in my imagination.

If you are interested in reading more about the Red Fly mushroom here are some great links:

http://www.superiorconcept.org/Firstnight/germany.htm

http://www.rogersmushrooms.com/gallery/DisplayBlock~bid~5517~source~gallerychooserresult.asp

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