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Mrs. Darling
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This image is from a shoot this last weekend, with the talented Jennifer, whose modeling portfolios can be found at: [link] and at [link]It is rare that I find adults who can fit into my period clothing--but Jenn fit quite comfortably into this Victorian blouse and skirt. Her long torso, squared shoulders and graceful, swan-like neck were perfect for the late Victorian era scene I had envisioned, but it was her intelligence that really made her shine. She seemed to be able to read my mind, so that even my "test" shots--where I was just metering the lights--were works of art!
I love that she's a little older than my usual models...and the way the few extra years add a softness to her look. I wanted to emphasize that softness and gentleness, using this shoot to show her as a young Victorian matriarch, posing for a formal portrait in her parlor...and this particular image is special, because to me, it epitomizes motherhood.
In fact, when I look at it, I see Wendy Darling's mother, caught up in a private daydream (because where did Wendy get her maternal instincts and her imagination, if not from her mother?!)...
I am working on a "fine art" version of it--one of my painterly treatments...but for now, I thought I'd post this one, because, well, mothers are wonderful. I know mine is, anyway!
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Yep--it makes perfect sense, Dear! 
So...when are you going to get your lazy British behind over here and let me photograph YOU???? 
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Ah, I fear only when there was some drink available that would knock you unconsious for the whole of your flight! The idea of flying really terrifies me! 
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LOL!!! It is indeed a pity we can't teleport!!!
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Soft & gorgeous.Beautifully done.
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Thank you so much!
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Belated (very!) thanks to you--and warm wishes for a marvelous new year to you and your family!
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Oh I love her hair! ^_^ Yes, Mums are great.
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Thank you!
And yep, they are. The BEST! God knew what He was doing, when He made Moms!
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Well you did a great job of the hair! It seems totally worth it to look at.
I know! My family hit a near rock bottem last night and mum was still there for me even though she felt bad too. *
*My older brother went missing, scared eveyone, was found by police at his girlfriends place (Where he was not meant to be) and now wont come home. Oh yes, and he also wrote me a letter that made me think he was going to kill himself. Fun stuff eh? Well the poor kick-boxing coach got my fury tonight when we were training.
Anyway, I'm sorry for being so random. Could you please preay for us? Us humans can't anything ourselevs! Gotta use a lot of preaying.
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Yes, Dearest, I will pray for you and your family.
If it helps, let me tell you something encouraging that happened to me this week.
I have been keeping extra NLT pocket-sized New Testaments at home and at work, for many years--to give them out to people, when the time seems right. It's not something I force--but since I carry my own well-worn and marked copy with me everywhere, and sometimes refer to it, when talking to people, if they show interest in it--especially in the notion that this is something that literally lives in my back pocket--I just go grab an extra copy, and give it to them. I figure it's small enough that it's easily forgotten in the bottom of a purse, or backpack--and yet, someday, when they need it, it'll be there.
Well, I'd given one to a young woman at work a few months ago...and have been warmed to see her studying it everyday. When talking with her a couple of days ago, though, she told me she had many questions, and even her pastor couldn't give her answers. So I remembered that I'd just brought in a compact study Bible, for myself to use at lunch--and I ran and got it, and gave it to her. (She's delighted with it--she'd never seen a study Bible before!)
When telling her it was the same translation as the one I'd already given her, I looked around for it--and she told me she'd let another young woman borrow it...and so I promptly ran and got an identical copy of it, and gave it to her to give to the other girl.
And in talking about this to someone else, THEY indicated that they wanted a copy--and have been carrying it around, and referring to it in conversations with me, recently! I am stunned and amazed--because at least two of these people weren't people I knew had any interest in God at all--and I would've thought they'd laugh at the idea of someone giving out Bibles!
My point is that God's wisdom is so much greater than my own--and He knows things I couldn't possibly. All *I* have to do is trust, and pray, and be open to the opportunities He gives me. (And please pray for me, and for these people, as well--that they find the answers they're all looking for!
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Ahh, thank you! Your preay is like fresh air to me! ^_^ And it has done great things too! My family and I met with my brother today and ...talked. Although most of what he said truly hurt my dear Mum, the words he spoke were a lot better than what we were expecting of him and we look forward to seeing him move in with my sister (who we much prefure him living with oppose to his girlfriend).
That story is amazing! I truly wish that one day I could witness to people in that way.
I wish I could tell how much your words have done good for me. 
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Whew! It's taken me a LONG time, to get this far down in my pile of messages...but I just wanted to ask--how are things going with your brother and your family, now? (I might not be good at getting to comments right away...but I can always pray, even when busy!
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Hey, that is totally fine if you don't get back to me for a while. I had 143 deviations the other day! 
As for my family: I got the job I was talking about! But my brother is still acting like a three year old. 
I'm sort of angry at him at the moment though. I know I proboly shouldn't have, but I stoll his phone the other night. (I was angry over something he said he would do and then didn't) I don't know why I thought stilling his phone would make it better but I did it anyway. Well I looked though his phone to see if he had my new phone number in there and couldn't see it. Now I knew I'd givin it to him before so I knew he was angry with me when I couldn't find it. So I checked his inbox to see if he'd writtin anything about me in there. Sure enough, to his girlfriend he wrote that I was acting imiture and that I just expected and thought I deserved everything. Well! Big words coming from someone who will walk over everyone else to get just what he wants! And worse still his girlfriend wrote back "Yeah, coz she's all mutere and stuff now. Haha" I know I did the rong thing by stilling his phone and I know I probobly should be able to handle things a little better than I am and I am really sorry for whining at you like this, but could you pray for me anyway? I'm glad I've got a friend like you who will listen to me and pray for me.
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Awwww...that's a hard thing, Honey--to feel rejected by your brother--and then to have it compounded by actually "hearing" him talk (write) behind your back!
I will, of course, pray for you. And I know that YOU know that the best thing that YOU can do, is take this to the Lord in prayer, as well. Jesus lived as a man for three decades--and he heard some pretty nasty things said about Him, too--so He can understand your hurt...and He, more than anyone, can certainly understand what it feels like to be betrayed!!
(And on a happier note--congrats, on the job!
Do you remember Lucy, in "The Voyage of the Dawn Treader"...and how, in the magician's house, she spoke the spell that allowed her to hear what her friends were saying about her...and then heard someone she had really liked, saying something mean about her? And Aslan came, and sympathized, and told her that her friend was weak...and did care about her, but also cared about being thought well of, by the girl she was with...
It doesn't really help, but the truth is, we all, often say things that we don't REALLY mean, for a variety of reasons. Sometimes we're careless. Sometimes we're just looking for sympathy. Sometimes we're just supporting a friend. Sometimes we're hurt, and want to hurt someone back...and sometimes we just get into a "mean" place, and start wallowing in nastiness. I don't know where your brother was, when he wrote about you--or whether or not his girlfriend really meant what SHE said--but the odds are, that neither of them *really* meant anything much beyond that moment. Think of how often YOU'VE done something similar--and felt sorry for it, later on--and give them the benefit of the doubt, as well--it'll be better for *you* to forgive them, and let it go.
(And I daresay you've learned a pretty valuable lesson, yourself--namely, that doing something you know is wrong almost always leaves you paying an unpleasant price...and that eavesdropping on people you love--in ANY form--listening at doors, reading notes or email, reading diaries--almost never gives you information you needed--and almost always winds up hurting YOU. Yes, I speak from experience--I once read the journal of a friend--because I thought she had a juicy story she was keeping from me, and I wanted to know the details....and instead, I came across something mean she'd written about ME, at some point, long before, when she was mad at me for something. And it didn't matter that I knew it was just how she felt then...I was hurt...and I never really felt the same about her, after that--and I let a good friendship slip away. 
I'll definitely be praying for you, though, Sweetie. I know that this is a very hard thing to reconcile yourself to--and that familial problems are ALWAYS harder to get over, than things with other people--because your expectations are higher.
And I'd like you to pray for a friend of a friend of mine... He's an older gentleman...and one of his adult sons just committed suicide. To make matters worse, another of his sons died within the last two years...and I don't think he's a Christian, so I don't think he really has a place to take his pain. Please keep him in your thoughts and prayers! (And you might even use it to your benefit--help you to get over your hurt and anger with your brother, by thinking of how awful it would be if something like that happened to HIM. Sometimes a little perspective is helpful!
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From the depths of my heart, thankyou. I am so greatful to GOD that I have someone to guide me in HIS ways and help make sence of everyday problems!
That's one of the things I love most about JESUS (apart from just being totally awesome anyway) is that he knows and understands what we are going through and that our every step is ordained by HIM and for HIS will. 
I remember that book only vaguely and had forgoten about that part untill you mentiond it. Thankyou for helping me see that it is a better idea to give my brother the benifit of the doubt rather than have an awkward scilince every time I see him. And yes, I have done somethings in my life that I deeply regret and so I know the feeling of relife when we are forgivin. I know I will be able to give that feeling to my brother in GOD's time.
You know, it's amazing to think that you just mentiond reading the friends journal thing. Because last night I read my own journal and was shocked at what I used to think a couple of years ago. Praise GOD that HE has changed my heart!
Thankyou for praying for me, I think your prayers have paid off. See I got fired from my job the other night, for many reasons, bussiness is slow, they wanted me to have more experince and that they felt they couldn't comunicate with me. But I have been able to draw strangth from GOD's love and from knowing HE has a plan for us always even when we don't know what it is. I think your prayers got me though this as well as GOD's love. 
Thankyou for all you have done for me. I will definitely pray for your friend that must be so hard for him.
I feel like I have been naging at you so I will tell you some good things that have been happening in my life right now. 1# I am going down to Geelong (said as Jah-long) soon to see some friends we haven't seen in quite a while! 2# we come back in time to see our friends wedding. 3# now that I don't have such long hours my family can travle more. 4# we might be going to the U.S.A, Canada and Alaska in a few months! 5# there is so much to say I will be making a jounal of it soon. ^_^ GOD bless you all your days!
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Such a lovely model and portrait. I like the vintage set up and dress, you do this quite well.
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And a very belated "thank you"!
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This is SUCH a lovely image. But you already know that. You've really struck out with this model--she fits the time period perfectly. I love the color theme you've used. The golds are so beautiful with her skin tones and that red curtain is to die for. I'm going to be honest...I'm holding my fav for the digitally enhanced image you're working on. Finish it soon..it's too gorgeous not to post.
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Yes, you're right...I DO know that. But that doesn't mean I don't enjoy knowledgable people with excellent taste agreeing with me!
And I hope to get that "painted" version up soon... 
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You know when I first looked at this I didn't care for the way she was holding her mouth, but the more I look at it the less it bothers me. Plus her eyes are so pretty they more than make up for it!
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I know what you mean, actually. It's the way her mouth is shaped--it turns down a bit on the corners, naturally, and unfortunately, my lighting here, highlighted that a bit more than is flattering. (Mine does that too--although even more than hers does...and as I get older, it does it even more!
I agree, though, that her eyes more than make up for it--and I just love the softness of her face, and the intelligence that you see in it--it has character, which is something that most younger faces don't have yet. They're pretty--but no character.
And thanks, Dear! I had fun with this set--it's a "mini". I'm trying to see if I can do authentic looking sets more quickly, with less detail, but the feeling of detail. And I'm also trying to do fewer looks per costume--so I can work more quickly...so this was a bit more of an experiment than usual.
I think you'll like the painterly version--I'm in love with it already, and it's not even done yet!
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Are you kidding I'm gonna love it, hurry up and finish!!!
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I really DO need to get around to posting that version!
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You know I've just now noticed the title of this piece, Mrs Darling. Darling was the last name of the family who owned Lady in my favorite Disney movie Lady and the Tramp!
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Actually--that's MY favorite Disney movie, too!
(I bet 101 Dalmations was a close second for ya...
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Oh of course, you're right! 
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Hehe! I know--I collected all the movies for years...and only just started selling off the ones I don't like as much, because I needed some extra cash. They'll NEVER get me to sell off Lady and the Tramp, or 101, though!
Mrs. Darling was actually Wendy Darling's mother, in Peter Pan...so when you combine that, with Jim Dear and Darling--it all gets very confusing!
(I was SO thrilled, when I met someone in college, whose last name really WAS Darling!
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Glen Close was fantastic in that role I agree, I was pleasantly surprised by that movie!
I hate to keep adding to your stack of comments so please don't feel you have to answer all these, I mean if you REALLY don't want to....
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Nah, that's okay...these are easy to answer. It's not like I LIKE you, or anything!
Yeah, I was expecting a much worse movie...and really only got it because of Ms Close. That I wound up liking it for its own merits, was another pleasant surprise.
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I would agree - this definitely has a maternal feel to it. 
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And a very, very belated "thanks!" to you!
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She definitely looks like a Mrs. Darling
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Thank you so much!
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