Tiptoe through the tulips

We had several vases full of tulips courtesy of Asda home delivery, who supplied them as an Easter gift. I don’t think we were supposed to have quite so many, but the delivery driver seemed keen to give them to us – maybe because I always help him with the grocery baskets every week.

It seemed an opportune time to take some indoor flora photographs of them and try out a blue/grey ‘abstraction’ pop-up background that I purchased in December but never got around to using. Rather than transport the vases to my studio, I decided to use light from the window with the ungainly background perched behind.

Except it never happened! This was largely due to my current sloth-like approach to photography. By the time I had actually summoned enough enthusiasm to go and get the aforementioned background, the tulips had gone well past their best (and, in fact, ended up in the bin the following day). This is something I call “Photography Lethargy”.

Apparently, this feeling is not unique, and I recently concurred with a similar view on a blog post by Lea and Lens entitled “I have literally no desire to pick up a camera”. Here the author describes her lack of inspiration to pick up her cameras and ponders whether it is due to time constraints or the lack of involvement in any photographic ‘community’.

Personally, I think that I have got ‘image overload’ by seeing too many photographs. Everyone has a mobile phone with a camera, and they are not afraid to use it. The problem is that some of them are very good! This makes me wonder what the point of getting my camera out is. Am I just going to create a ‘cheap copy’ of someone else’s excellent work?

Anyway, whilst I continue to mull over this conundrum, here are some pictures of tulips – but in the garden rather than in a vase – which is obviously the preferred option.