tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post1658711616687643617..comments2023-07-22T15:44:42.859+01:00Comments on More about the song - rambling with Rachel Fox: Watch the birdie...Rachel Foxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comBlogger39125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-22451566911048952762009-02-15T15:26:00.000+00:002009-02-15T15:26:00.000+00:00No I haven't seen that film McGuire - is it any go...No I haven't seen that film McGuire - is it any good? I have seen a lot of club/rave films...probably too many!<BR/>xRachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-4280099873030990522009-02-15T15:12:00.000+00:002009-02-15T15:12:00.000+00:00Love those pictures. Very 80's. Very much the 'par...Love those pictures. Very 80's. Very much the 'party monster' - have you seen that film? <BR/><BR/>As for feminism, hmm, it's a thorny issue. Both genders suffer but that one suffers 'more' I find hard to quantify. <BR/><BR/>An interesting insight into your history rachel. I'll be re-reading.McGuirehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03095242258892600138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-32952572319942902882009-02-11T22:46:00.000+00:002009-02-11T22:46:00.000+00:00Offers of cakes are always welcome... :)As for Sta...Offers of cakes are always welcome... :)<BR/><BR/>As for Stanza - I don't *do* things like that. Me's much happier in the hermitage. Perhaps for the same reasons you feel uncomfortable (and I've just remembered that I haven't replied to your de Souza commnet...)deemikayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01421704728979191339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-40169422206392303402009-02-11T13:07:00.000+00:002009-02-11T13:07:00.000+00:00Watched the clip, Swiss. Made me smile. 'I love th...Watched the clip, Swiss. Made me smile. 'I love the law!' and 'I can't feel my spinal fluid but I think it's there'.<BR/>I have a poem with the lines 'We hugged everybody/even the bouncers'. Along similar lines. Rave on, brother.<BR/>xRachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-48609110666326776332009-02-11T10:46:00.000+00:002009-02-11T10:46:00.000+00:00i think we're at stanza for saturdayanyway, i ...i think we're at stanza for saturday<BR/><BR/>anyway, i could go on and on...<BR/>but i;ve been wasting my morning with the following. see if anything is vaguely familiar. it made me laugh<BR/>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PyQWLuMXOUI&feature=relatedswisshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17924594772578153947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-26956800788946192352009-02-11T08:37:00.000+00:002009-02-11T08:37:00.000+00:00Well you can either come up to Angus and follow me...Well you can either come up to Angus and follow me about for a day (hey, come and do that anyway..I'll make you a cake or something) or come to StAnza and get a whole load of people in one go. Who knows they might make your photos into an exhibition for next year. And the more friendly faces at StAnza the better for me. I go every year and I always feel...extremely uncomfortable. Hints of that de Souza poem you posted I think.<BR/>xRachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-77583642135057309142009-02-10T23:00:00.000+00:002009-02-10T23:00:00.000+00:00Damn... a reply disappeared into the blogether. :o...Damn... a reply disappeared into the blogether. :o|<BR/><BR/>I said that I'd never intentionally take photos as a voyeur. But then I realised that that was a lie. ;)<BR/><BR/>I also repeated the offer that I made at Rob McKenzie's blog - if anyone wants their author photo taken by me, then I'd be more than happy to volunteer my services. And I'd do it for free. <BR/><BR/>:)deemikayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01421704728979191339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-85604827438154908972009-02-10T18:23:00.000+00:002009-02-10T18:23:00.000+00:00Yes and I almost look glamorous on some of these p...Yes and I almost look glamorous on some of these photos...and I assure you I am anything but!<BR/>xRachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-17327823723817168872009-02-10T18:16:00.000+00:002009-02-10T18:16:00.000+00:00As I just said on Claire's blog, I think that auth...As I just said on Claire's blog, I think that author photos come under the don't-judge-a-book-by-its-cover umbrella. I don't have a photo of me smiling since the age of about ten. If you look at them you'd think me a dour bugger and really I have a very good sense of humour - I just don't smile that much. I never put a photo on my book as you know.Jim Murdochhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12786388638146471193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-56240860777068667592009-02-10T18:10:00.000+00:002009-02-10T18:10:00.000+00:00Typos are obviously infectious.xTypos are obviously infectious.<BR/>xRachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-52884033273446375032009-02-10T17:55:00.000+00:002009-02-10T17:55:00.000+00:00Ah the padded room...few camera there...xAh the padded room...few camera there...<BR/>xRachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-71020897823295623832009-02-10T15:36:00.001+00:002009-02-10T15:36:00.001+00:00Sigh. "Most Wanted".Sigh. "Most Wanted".hopehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03306622656461205674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-46515938402916355212009-02-10T15:36:00.000+00:002009-02-10T15:36:00.000+00:00Yep, stealth is the answer. Once a lens is spied,...Yep, stealth is the answer. <BR/><BR/>Once a lens is spied, some evil little instinct creeps in to whisper, "Sit up straight. Smile. No, not like you're going to the electric chair. Like you won the lottery. No, that's more like you just won a straight jacket and a year's stay in a padded room. Be natural. What? Well when people glance your way you don't freak out or think they're checking to see if you're on a Most Wanter list. Why let a camera do that to you? Because it's permanent you say. No, there's always tomorrow. Now pass the donuts."<BR/><BR/>Okay, should I be worried that my word below is "copicat"? ;)hopehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03306622656461205674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-41717857875089077942009-02-10T14:18:00.000+00:002009-02-10T14:18:00.000+00:00The judging never ends...xThe judging never ends...<BR/>xRachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-15214030655197333662009-02-10T14:09:00.000+00:002009-02-10T14:09:00.000+00:00No kilt Rachel, but I did wear my black fedora for...No kilt Rachel, but I did wear my black fedora for some of the shots. I worried about it being too Terry Pratchett, but I've been wearing mine for years, so why not?<BR/><BR/>Back to judging 200 childrens' poems. No rest etc.Colin Willhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15627539650929533832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-5919221556626131372009-02-10T09:21:00.000+00:002009-02-10T09:21:00.000+00:00Kilt or no kilt today Colin?xKilt or no kilt today Colin?<BR/>xRachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-21697041614073975842009-02-10T09:11:00.000+00:002009-02-10T09:11:00.000+00:00I'm off to get some author photos taken this morni...I'm off to get some author photos taken this morning. The photographer's a good friend, and a fellow poet, and I trust her, so I'm already sure the results are going to be (a) good, (b) original, and (c) interesting. The setting is definitely 'me' anyway - a garden with buildings.Colin Willhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15627539650929533832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-23492709840149565602009-02-10T08:39:00.000+00:002009-02-10T08:39:00.000+00:00David - amazing gallery of photos. Maybe you'll ha...David - amazing gallery of photos. Maybe you'll have to follow me around for a while and then I'll get a decent up-to-date picture! I promise not to wear tampons in my hair.<BR/><BR/>And Art seems to have similar technique...stealth photography steals the day. See you in the undergrowth.<BR/><BR/>xRachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-84378703033606526832009-02-10T07:08:00.000+00:002009-02-10T07:08:00.000+00:00The point about being comfortable in front of the ...The point about being comfortable in front of the camera is an interesting one.<BR/><BR/>I have a small subspecialty in photography in taking candid photos of people when they don't know I'm taking their photos. I've had more than one friend say to me that I got the best of them ever taken. That's because they're relaxed and natural, not stiffening up and self-conscious as when they know the camera's on them. They're more spontaneous. I call it stealth photography, and I've gotten pretty good at it; some of my best photos were taken that way. One trick is to learn to shoot without raising the camera to your eye and making it obvious to everyone around you that you're taking a picture. I shoot from the hip a lot, with good results. <BR/><BR/>I'm pretty comfortable in front of the camera, although I don't think I'm remotely photogenic. That's a different kettle of corn. I'm comfortable because I've become comfortable onstage, as a performer, after doing it for many years. Being in front of the camera is just another performance. If you view having your portrait taken as acting, as role-playing, as projecting an image or mask, it can help you relax and not take it so seriously.Art Durkeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07463180236975988432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-58082648832891856552009-02-09T23:19:00.000+00:002009-02-09T23:19:00.000+00:00Now, where was I? I don't care about author photos...Now, where was I? I don't care about author photos. There is, of course, a slight nosiness about what a writer looks like. But it is slight. A person's face is no more important to the words they write than the hands they write them with, but we don't have hand portraits on books.<BR/><BR/>The problem I see with author photos is that most writers (like most people) aren't comfortable in front of cameras, so they appear stiff, serious, <I>intense</I> - they aren't photogenic, despite any attractiveness. (I both hate having my picture taken and am ugly as sin, that rules me out on two counts!)<BR/><BR/>When I'm photographing people, I prefer that they're not aware that I do so. This creates good shots. As does phtotgraphing people mid-conversation. However, I also like photographing people for whom being photographed is no big deal - this is what being photogenic is. Hence why children are great to shoot - they don't care about their hair, their clothes, who'll see the photo, who'll criticise the photo... Adults who retain this attitude are photogenic. Even if they're ugly as sin. <BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.flickr.com/photos/deemikay/sets/72157594516290738/" REL="nofollow">Some examples by me here.</A><BR/><BR/>***<BR/><BR/>And you're right that there is a difference between how women and men are perceived visually. The only proof I need is when I see older, ugly male reporters on the ten o'clock news and wonder why we never see older, ugly female reporters. Are younger, good-looking women automatically better journalists? And whose fault is it?deemikayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01421704728979191339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-3634440344823073652009-02-09T22:30:00.000+00:002009-02-09T22:30:00.000+00:00That was spam that was. Funny because I was just s...That was spam that was. Funny because I was just saying the other day that I haven't had any spam on here!<BR/>xRachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-31630833757335247432009-02-09T22:14:00.000+00:002009-02-09T22:14:00.000+00:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-82924474303129094952009-02-09T17:54:00.000+00:002009-02-09T17:54:00.000+00:00Yes, Art, some great shots of GMB. Particularly ex...Yes, Art, some great shots of GMB. Particularly excellent use of wild hair. It is very windy in Orkney too...even windier than round here (and it can be pretty lively here).<BR/><BR/>And Juliet...yes, I agree that keeping away from certain media is good for the self-image. Sometimes as I wait in the papershop in the morning I am just amazed by the rows of magazines with front page stories about x's tummy tucks and y's diets. How can that be interesting week after week after week? And in so many different magazines! I suppose some people would feel the same about articles about poetry and art... week after week after week...but my goodness...front page stories?<BR/><BR/>I don't have a bad relationship with my own looks. I know I'm OK to look at ...I have my better points and my...not so impressive features (bit like my character...that's true for all of us, I think). I could easily get some new photos done...I'm just thinking about all that's involved I suppose. I don't think I've ever seen a photo of you online have I Juliet? Let's see those knees!<BR/>xRachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-82047921850970227112009-02-09T17:21:00.000+00:002009-02-09T17:21:00.000+00:00I like the history of you through press photos, in...I like the history of you through press photos, interesting post....<BR/><BR/>I think deemikay makes a very good point about being photogenic. When I was young I hated having my photo toaken and there are no good photos of me in my teens. Now I'm much happier with it and the photos are better. <BR/><BR/>I generally have a very happy relationship with the way i look (apart from my knees!). I think it has something to do with never looking at women's fashion magazines or image obsessed reality shows though having said that i love clothes.Crafty Green Poethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02486633917197181851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-23510547216050792892009-02-09T17:08:00.000+00:002009-02-09T17:08:00.000+00:00There's a great portrait of George Mackay Brown, p...There's a great portrait of George Mackay Brown, poet from Orkney, sitting by the standing stones at Brodgar, reading a book of poems, wind blowing through his unkempt hair.<BR/><BR/>A poet from your neck of the woods, one of my favorites. <BR/><BR/>The photo is on this page:<BR/><BR/>http://www.georgemackaybrown.co.uk/PhotoGallery/PGgmb1.htmArt Durkeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07463180236975988432noreply@blogger.com