Today I started photographing, tagging and bagging the 110 pieces of Street Bling that Aveda ordered for their upcoming event in October. I am aiming to send them off by Monday at the latest.
I don't really enjoy the documentation process. Taking photographs of the pieces is problematic. Mostly because I don't have the right equipment. My digital camera is great, but gets a bit of hand shake for this kind of work. And while I once rigged a really great photo studio by setting up in a tent in the back yard (the tent provided perfect light filtration to take the glare off), in the city I'm using natural light coming in the window and trying to rig a scrim with a room divider. It's not ideal, but I do the best I can. And have decided to move on to tagging and bagging all the pieces, and perhaps photographing them once back home for the weekend. That means a bit of undoing what's already been done, but I've always said I'm process oriented. So process it will be.
It's actually been fun for me to take this a step at a time, and make my discoveries. I loved printing the tags; cutting them wasn't as satisfying. Now I am signing and numbering the tags, which is gratifying. I like repetitive actions, but find I need to break them up into smaller units. 25 or so at a time is enough to keep me joyful and moving along. Baby steps.
I still have quite a few more pieces to make, so I will still be scrambling a bit this weekend. I imagine, like getting ready for an exhibition, there's no avoiding a bit of chaos in the final preparations.
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