A few days ago, Wolf took some time out of pre-production prep for a film to shoot a very basic icing tutorial for me. The picture above is one of the few I took and the only reason I like it at all is because my husband did the lighting for me. What a difference a pro makes! The tutorial – the first of several – will be here soon.
Because this tutorial is so basic, it made me think about how I started decorating cookies, about eight years ago. What began as a little holiday fun turned into an obsession. How did that happen? What is it about baking and decorating that I like so much? How did I go from slapping royal icing onto a small, hand-cut gingerbread house to this decorating mania? As those thoughts were passing through my head my husband tapped me on the shoulder to show me what he had just photographed. “Is this what you’re going for?” he asked as he swiveled his camera around to show me the LCD display. And back to work we went.
After putting the camera equipment and props away, my thoughts returned to how I got on this cookie decorating kick. More importantly, I started to think about what inspires me. A lot! And I plan to write about that here soon.
In the meantime, I’d like to ask you:
Where do you find inspiration? Where does inspiration come from? What inspires you? Is it usually a person? Or an event or experience? What happens when inspiration hits you? Do you know it right away? If so, what do you do? Do you carry a notebook with you and jot down your thoughts? Or do you whip out your camera or some other device like a digital recorder so you can remember it?
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An icing tutorial? Yay! Can’t wait to see it.
I’m inspired by all of the above.
Paz
Paz, I’m starting to put the photos together now! Yay! And thanks for answering my questions.