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Yes, Molly is adopted! Again! The people that came to see Kimi earlier today and were considering another cat decided to go with other cat and the other cat is Molly!
While they were here, I asked them a bit about their home and such. It sounded like an ideal home for Molly so on the off chance I introduced her to them. They phoned me back later that they would like to take her and they came by this evening to pick her up. It's a quiet home, with no children and no other pets. They care about their animals as they have had other pets in the past.
While showing them Molly I did point out the virtues of an adult cat over a kitten, such as kittens having to learn not to chew wires or help themselves to food off your plate. Maybe that helped. In any case I think this will be Molly's forever home, though they do have the option of changing their mind if they don't like her in the next week or so. I hope this is the right home and that Molly will be very happy with them!
He was also adopted by a dear friend in a refuge and since then, he has been a constant love giver to his new family. Everyone just falls in love with him ! He offered me his most precious look on this picture.
I recently had a fellow photographer imply to me that it was a photographer's job to photograph what they saw, not what they imagined. He went on to argue that if a photographer were to employ their imagination in creating an image they should be upfront with their audience and tell them the photo was not...... what? Real? Honest? He said true. For him apparently imagination and truth cannot co-exist. Like they are opposites at the end of a spectrum. I could see where he was coming from and from what I could discern his background was in photojournalism which tends to adopt a much more conservative attitude toward photography (to both good and bad effect). Despite that, I still could not agree with him. I don't think I could ever agree with that notion. It would be like saying the coast shouldn't be windy. What a narrow world that would be to live in.
But I think it is a misleading argument to even debate truth in photography. I don't think a truth necessarily exists in the world of photography, or rather perhaps I should say each image made is an individual photographer's own truth. So if every photo is true (at least to them) then at the same time none of them are. Because what is true for you is false for at least one other person. At which point you start to get a feel for the circular logic of this problem.
The solution then? Realize that the problem isn't really a problem. As soon as you let go of the belief that there is truth in photography, that it is ok to photograph not just what you saw, exactly as you saw it, but instead what you felt, wanted to feel, thought you felt, or imagined you could feel, the world becomes a much simpler place for a photographer to exist in. There is nothing wrong with imagination in photography. Quite the opposite, I would say there is a greater danger from a lack of imagination. Photographers should be creative, they should dream things up, play with the fabric of reality a bit here and there, fudge the lines or ignore them. It is how we grow. Without imagination, there would be no adventure.
But there is an aspect of truth that does come into play and that is truth in the presentation and sharing of an image. While nothing you can do to create a photo is inherently dishonest, what you do with that photo and say about it can be. Is it wrong to Photoshop an image? Of course not. Is it wrong to claim a Photoshopped image is straight from the camera? Of course it is. Is it wrong to Photoshop an image and say nothing at all and let your audience figure it out on their own? No, it isn't. In fact, this is my preference. I am not shy about manipulating images (both in camera and post) when the mood strikes me. I do it to manifest a certain thought or idea. So naturally when I present that image I am less interested in talking about what I did because that would distract from the image itself. Of course, if someone were to ask me about the what of it, I have no qualms about disclosing all the steps in the process. I have nothing to hide there, nor should any other photographer feel like they do. Photography is not a crime, right? I would say the same is true of manipulated photographs, but then again, ALL photographs are manipulated, so it goes without saying.
The aforementioned photographer's proposed solution was that Photoshopped images should be labeled in their own separate category and be called photo-collages or something like that. Such images he argued should be separated from images made entirely in a camera. The implication was that we should discriminate specifically against digital photographers using Photoshop. At least he certainly didn't offer to include darkroom wizardry in this new category otherwise we would have to start calling Ansel Adams' images photo-collages, as well as practically every other film photographer in the history of this art. Personally I find it ironic that I am mostly a film photographer and I am put (and put myself) in a position so frequently to defend the use of post-processing software and digital photography. I rarely have a class go by that some student or another asks me if I think Photoshopping images is evil (they generally go on to say they at some point had one photo instructor or another tell them that it was). Sometimes I encourage them to use Photoshop because I know how valuable a tool it can be for the imagination. Sometimes, I admit, I encourage them to freely use Photoshop just to spite the close-minded photo instructors of the world who want to force their narrow view of how things should be on their students. Shame on them. But that is a whole other essay for a whole other time.
By all means, use your imagination. As I said above, it is dangerous not to. Creativity is a skill, it gets better with practice and it atrophies with the lack of use. So, photograph with it. Exercise it. You use it or you lose it, then you grow up to be a curmudgeonly photographer who doesn't believe others should use it either. The world is a pretty vast place but it gets pretty small very fast when you limit yourself to just what you can see with two eyes.
Life in the birdcage indeed.
Three of the kittens waiting for adoption today at PetsMart.
They're usually so scared that they sleep in the litter box. Clean box, clean litter ... just a box to them.
The gray was a *very* unusual color.
UPDATE 11/9. Lily, the gray, was adopted today!
UPDATE 11/16&17 The other two were adopted
Arany ♥
Mientras os tenga a mi lado, nada me puede hacer daño, sois mi ventana a la paz, a la tranquilidad, al amor mas puro que he conocido ♥
Don't buy, ADOPT ♥
No compres, ADOPTA ♥
A complete impulse buy, light tan Madeleine by Liz Frost, arrived yesterday. I really like her, she's sturdy and good quality with a funny little 'deer caught in headlights' sort of face!! :)
Ginger the kitten! She was found outside, and has since been spayed and gotten her shots. She will be taken to the shelter soon, but I'd really like to find a home for her instead! She's very sweet, playful, and cuddly :)
UPDATE!! Found her a forever-home on December 1! :)
Grantham ROCK - Rose, one of the cats awaiting adoption at the Grantham rehoming charity.
Edit 20/10/17: Now rehomed as a result of this flickr posting. Good news.
Grantham, Lincolnshire, UK - grey tabby
October 2017