on knowing photographers, or how the whole internet might see your kitchen naked

[dancinglights]

catvalente wrote some time ago about the dangers of being involved with a writer, that they will take bits of you, and bits of your life, maybe mix and match them just enough to obscure what parts are whose, then hang them up for the whole world to see. She wrote this, I believe, while working on Deathless, which may be my favourite novel ever simply for

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[elenbarathi]

"the inner world I translate through photographs of the one cameras can record is very sparsely populated, half faerieland and half 'The World Without Us' post-apocalyptic abandonment."

I love this; it sounds so like my own.

*grins* Come out to visit me some day; I'll show you some places to photograph, you betcha, and you can photograph my kitchen too, if you like. It is not so bad, even though none of us are exactly Martha Stewart, especially me: as the lone chick in the house, I feel it is my duty to set an example of Free Womanhood by not doing more than my fair share of the housework.

[wetdryvac]

*shrugs*

I shoot all manner of private things. Key is asking first and abiding by response. Second key is specificity: "Mind if I use these online/in my portfolio/for sale/other stuff?" With opt-ins for each element.

[dancinglights]

Pardon all the edits, too late to brain and tiny phone keyboard sucks, will try again later

[wetdryvac]

No worries. I think I saw where you were leading, and I'll look forward to seeing the end result.

[dancinglights]

Okay, slept, caffeinated, trying again.

Well, yes, in the simple case. Complex cases come in the form of sharing indirect information, the amount personal knowledge required for an audience to make correct logical leaps and the rights of a bystander.

In the simplest case, the vast majority of my portraiture is done at Burning Man-inspired events, where there is a very simple well-known script for photographic consent AND a culture that deeply supports it (especially near DC, where there are many participants with sensitive careers in government). There are also folks with whom I have a long-standing agreement of, literally, shoot first and ask questions later: for example, I shoot podisodd constantly because he's great NON-photogenic practice, and he reviews every raw and processed shot of hiself and indicates the level of sharing with which he is comfortable. From this there exist many facebook or livejournal-scrapbook filtered shots from various events (some embarrassing, none legally incriminating), and a CD containing a decade of

[kiarrith]

going on record to say unless i specifically say otherwise you are always welcome to any time you wish post in any forum photos of myself or my house/land/etc. I'm lucky in that I do not have to worry about job bs.

[dancinglights]

Thanks, hon. Depending on the content I'll still ask, mind you. But already being one of very few people on my 'and ask questions later' list, that reminds me I do have some shiny old stuff I should regain the momentum to post-process and do something with. Someday.

[kiarrith]

*gryns* I figured, but still wanted to go more officially on record.
also whee! look forward to seeing, whenever Some Day arrives.