Yesterday was Mother's day, raise your hand if your mother was high as a kite on pot brownies? Yup? Yeah, me too. Marie has become a member of the Cannabis Club. Ace wanted her off of traditional medications because he's some sort of health nut and his own mother was not going for it, so Marie said, why not? There's a problem here and that is Marie has absolutely no self control, which means a regular plate of brownies are not safe but when those brownies contain something that will make you start laughing hysterically at the ringing of the telephone then we are in trouble. You see you can get your medical marijuana either as a smokable or an edible. I don't think too many elderly folk that are on the cannabis try the smoking version since they were out of cookies and cupcakes.
Sunday I asked her where she would like to go for Brunch. Her answer? "Two plus two plus two". Great, if only a restaurant with that name existed we would be golden. "Is that a new restaurant?" I asked. "Nooo, joo bean there". For the record, I have never been to a restaurant by that name. "Ahsk me son-ee-law". Ace can do no wrong in her eyes. So I asked, "Hon, she wants to eat at two plus two plus two?." His answer, "Really? That's not a really mother's day type place." "Is it new?" I prodded. "Nope, you've eaten there a bunch, you like the sweet potato fries". Now, I am feeling like I have lost my already short on supply marbles. "Where is this place?" I asked. He told me where and I told him that it was called something else. "Yeah but that's what she always orders when she eats there so that's what she calls it," he explained. Sure, that's what all 'normal' people do-- rename restaurants after their favorite meal there.
Anyways, I won't bore you with more details, but here's some of the highlights. Ace was shooting pics for his photography class--portraits. He needed three more of me and I was feeling ugly. He was upset because I wasn't into it. So I said, "I'm feeling ugly." His awful answer? "Hon,well go put on some makeup then." My response? "I am wearing makeup!" Talk about World War III erupting. According to him it never looks like I am wearing make- up which makes me wonder who he has been living with for the past 3 years since I have been known to wear false eyelashes to the grocery store, I always wear make up. Sigh, between him and Marie my weekend was uhm, interesting and yours?
This was one of the outtakes from the other day. I personally prefer the ones he can't use because they aren't as focused. I guess the key to a great portrait is to get really sharp eyes. Oh well. You can recreate this type of image by shooting your subject (or yourself) at a window where it is getting direct sunlight. We used the curtain to create a light diffusion and I personally really like the results, the diffusion helped smooth wrinkles and pores. 'Pores', even the word gives me the willies...
