Creativity is a fickle thing. Sometimes, it feels like you have ideas pouring out of your every crevice and other times, no matter how much you strain, things are kind of slow on the creative front. Uninspiring. Lack luster. With experience, you come to realize that it’s just a phase. That it won’t last and that sooner or later, you’ll have more great ideas and be creative with the best of them. I guess this pattern of creative highs and lows is pretty standard for us creative types.
The reason for my getting all philosophical on you with this creative stuff is because of the shoot you’ll see posted below. The famed Granny Panty shoot took place on August 20, 2009 and the date I actually got around to editing it as a whole? Today, February 7, 2010, almost 6 months later. Holy cow!!
Why did it take so long? I’m not sure if I can verbalize the reason eloquently, save to say that when I downloaded the images to my laptop all those months ago, I just wasn’t inspired. It wasn’t the concept or the models (who, as you’ll see from the images below are quite exquisite), I’m not really sure what it was, except that the editing muse failed to show up. Usually, I have a very clear idea of how I want to “process” a particular shoot, but back in August, nothing seemed right. I tried a little bit of this and a little bit of that and was not at all satisfied, so I choose to put the whole project on the back-burner. Until today. Today, the muse arrived in full force and I knew exactly what I needed to do to the images to fully realize the vision that Nikki and I had all these months ago. (Big apologies to the the entire crew for it taking so bloody long to get this done, but it wasn’t my fault!!!) 
Those of you who are familiar with my work or know me personally, know that I put almost as much effort into my retouching as I do on the day of the shoot. Post-production is a lot more than an after-thought to me. My creative vision is incomplete without a deliberate post process. While there is no substitute for capturing the images in the best possible way, to me, what comes out of the camera is just the rough draft.
All in all, I’m glad I let this one sit and marinate. 
Models: Erica and Anne; Stylist: Nikki Sutton; MUA: Kiralee Hubbard; Hair: Irina Green; Asst: Esther Wolf
by polina
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