I’m weaving, I’m weaving! – Columbus Cultural Arts Center

Thursday, January 26, 2012 Posted in Columbus Ohio Photographer,Personal

Saying “I’m weaving” always makes me expect to hear “where you going?”.  But today, I actually did weave.  And I have pictures to prove it.

After I finished threading my heddles, it was time to put the loom back together and add a reed, through which all the heddled threads would also need to be threaded.  Ugh.  My reed, chosen according to the thickness of my thread, was 16-1; meaning there were 16 thread slots per inch.  Luckily, there is a little tool for getting the threads through the reed or else I think I would’ve had to say my goodbyes.  (Imagine threading a comb.)  However, I have to admit that it took only a short time to get a rhythm going and I ended up making pretty quick work of the task.

So, after threading the reed and doing a couple of loom housekeeping chores, it was time to put a bobbin in a shuttle and weave some junk.  Yes, junk.  The junk is a few woven lines of thread that keep the warp threads evenly spaced at the very bottom.  Junk – so many definitions!

Then it was time to wind the bobbin with my real thread and get down to the real weaving.

After a few passes through the shed with the shuttle, I figured out that having a wandering mind is detrimental to keeping track of which foot treadle was last pressed.  Note to self:  keep your mind on your feet!  I don’t know whether it’s better that my treadles are to be pressed 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, or if it would be better to have some oddball combination of treadle presses, but either way I’m sure I’d have the same problem.  Someone walks by and says hi or I think about what I want for dinner and, poof, where was I and which direction was I moving?

Regardless, I made quite a bit of progress, weaving about 18 inches today.  Unfortunately, I missed looping correctly over (or was it under?) some of the selvage threads, so, according to the teacher, I now have to cut out about three inches.  Oh well.  It could be worse!

BTW, the shuttle is NOT a brilliant yellow with absolutely no detail.  Thanks to the Retro Camera app I use on my phone, it is; but in real life it’s made of unpainted wood.  Crazy.  The scarf is also slightly less bright in person, and it’s soft and fuzzy to the touch because of the mohair (the multicolored thread).

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Gender reveal party – Columbus Ohio photographer

Monday, January 23, 2012 Posted in Babies,Columbus Ohio Photographer,Families

Gender reveal parties are the newest great idea, and what a fun way to share the gender of your expected baby with family and friends than with a “surprise” party.  Melissa and Tom are expecting their third child and when Melissa contacted me about photographing their gender reveal party, I was all over it.

It was fun seeing some of the same people at this party that I’d seen at Melissa and Tom’s wedding five years ago, and it’s always fun to see Lily and Henry.

And, OK, I know the title is “gender reveal party”, but I couldn’t resist a couple of Sam the cat pictures.

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Laura and Matt – St. Peters / Marriott, Canton Ohio

Saturday, January 21, 2012 Posted in Columbus Ohio Photographer,Families,PORTRAITS,Weddings

The difference:  Florida in May and Ohio in January.  The similarities:  sisters and weddings and great families and a lot of fun and on and on.

The lovely Amy Carruthers and I headed north on a Friday for Saturday’s wedding and spent a side-splitting evening with Amy’s parents, noshing and trading movie quotes and loving on Amy’s dog who reminds me exactly of the Thurber dog.

On Saturday morning, we were greeted at Laura’s Canton Marriott hotel room by Sara, Laura’s sister whose wedding I photographed on Pompano Beach three years ago now.  Let me stop right here and say I love this family!  Each and every one of them is so warm and friendly and I’m so honored to have been invited to photograph two of the three daughters’ weddings (and hope to shoot sister Amy’s too when the time comes!).

So, the family all share those wonderful similarities, but the weddings themselves couldn’t be more different:  35 people on the beach for Sara and 200-some in a cathedral for Laura.  The cathedral was beautiful, with gorgeous natural light, ornate architecture and decorations from Christmas.

After the ceremony, we headed to Glamorgan Castle in Alliance for portraits, then it was back to the Marriott for the party.

Have a look.

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Kelly Rashka - January 21, 2012 - 2:15 pm

Brilliant coverage, Karen!!! I love what you see soul-sister!!

Fernando Colaço - January 26, 2012 - 6:02 am

As a black and white fanatic I would say your´s are awesome. Very strong contrast but at the right point, great compositions and eye for the right moment. Great. Congrats.

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