In conversation with... Elise Wormuth (AKA Mythlady)

[wilgk]

I don't think you would do that if it were Donald. You'd be in the kitchen scrubbing the sporran. http://www.bagpipejourney.com/articl...cleaning.shtml

Oh my goodness i just fell off my chair, when i got to the line......
'a quick note about stained sporrans'

I doubt if I will recover from this!

[wilgk]

But she would be enjoying it, ... after having cleaned out the coal fire, blackenend the hearth, washed the dishes, done the ironing, got my paper and my slippers ... and poured me a large dram. And then we'd have chatted about our shared belief is sexual equality!

....oh you sweet man, you're just saying that because you are a wee bit embarrassed at all the attention and the growing number that are the bevy of beauties in your fan club....
be not afraid, this is just a ploy by the Welshman to get you closer to the precipice of that pedestal......
we all understand that you have been duped by his tricks this time, but don't worry that just reaffirms our belief in your sweet and innocent countenance
So we'll just put the ironing board away and say no more about it.......kilts come crease resistant nowadays anyway

[Katy Noelle]

I knew, Kay, that you would know JUST what to say. Teeheeeheehee!

[Katy Noelle]

I'm still very surprised when it all comes together and I get a great pic -- the ones I took to that critique were 10 pretty good pictures out of literally thousands I'd taken. I often think it's like putting a bunch of monkeys in front of typewriters -- as they say, eventually they'll type Shakespeare. I'm hoping that over time, things will come together more and more, and I do see that happening, in that I'm more careful about composing in-camera, I check the edges of the frame (not always), and so on. But it still feels like there are so many balls to keep in the air at once, and I'm not a very good juggler.

Thanks for your comments --

That's so encouraging that you've said this, Elise, because I view you as being so in control and together with it all.

[mythlady]

That's so encouraging that you've said this, Elise, because I view you as being so in control and together with it all.

I'm always perplexed that people think this of me (it's the common belief at my work), because I so often clearly do not know what I'm doing. Maybe I missed my true calling -- I should have gone into acting, where my ability to project an image would have been a real asset.

[Donald]

I'm always perplexed that people think this of me (it's the common belief at my work),

When people started telling me that I was producing work that was worth looking at, I thought they were being polite and didn't want to tell me the truth. Then I started to think that they were just wrong and didn't really know how to judge quality. Then, because it persisted, I began to wonder if they might be right. And the sense of realisation and feeling of elation began to build. And the confidence.

Start believing.

[Antonio Correia]

I read your interview carefully Elise Interesting.
The lighthouse is a theme. Perhaps you have to make some choices there and separate the "very good" from "good" images.
Thank you for sharing a bit of your life with us all