Does your Significant Other "get" your art ?

I've been lucky, after 29 years togheter... she just bought me (allowed me) a Nikon S2 of my choice.... and she even cares if all others get litle dust and remind me to make them fit... she pose for me, she allows me to do nude photography with other girl friends.. on street photography she even carries the other cameras and lens...
I know.. I'm a lucky bast.....!:D
Now thus she understands it... I believe yes... but not entirely...:confused:
 
No one 'gets' me as I am. To ask them to understand why I take a photo the way I do is like asking why I enjoy chocolate for breakfast. I just do. I can't help it.
 
I am pretty fortunate too.
I consider my wife my muse, she is rather supportive of my photography and encourages me to go out and shoot.
She does "get" my photography and is inspiring as well. But there have been a few times she, just says, "Yes, That's a Great Photograph Honey!" It was mostly when I did a lot of mountain bike stuff.
She is also a great model!;) ;)
Brian
 
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I do believe she "gets" it: she supports every aspect of it. She likes to do some photography herself, but she's nowhere near into it as I am. I do believe that if she spent at least half the time I spend on it, she'd do far better than I do or most I know. She has a great eye; she just has other things in mind.
 
dazedgonebye said:
My wife is no fan of mine. I envy those of you who have creative spouses who understand your hobby.
I think she is finally accepting that I won't be happy without this outlet, so she's more supportive than she used to be...but just barely.
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Couldn't of said it better myself !!

To my wife any photo op other than family.....She doesn't get..But does tolerate my low gas expenses. :cool:

She realizes that I must have this outlet for my own peace of mind.:angel:

But what bugs me, is that she has no hobby at all !! I don't get that. :confused: ....She has no outlet for creative expression or just something to chill out with and relax.

Also my tag line below explines this too. I have used that tag line on other foruns too for about 2 years.
 
I am not sure anyone in my close circle of friends 'gets' my work...They all ask "Why EVER did you take that picture of that...
 
Anyone else notice that this thread could have been renamed, "Does your Wife get your art?" Why are there no women here? Oh well...story of my life.

My girlfriend plays the role of a supportive girlfriend pretty well, but that's about all there is to it. I don't think she is really interested. She likes certain photos because they're pretty or because she was there, and if I ask for some photo gizmo for Christmas, I usually get it (assuming it's not expensive). I took her to Caffe Medici yesterday to see Dave's (AusDLK) street photos on display (great stuff, btw), and when we walked out she actually said, "I see why you like film now." :) I just about cried.

Paul
 
i pretty much knock on wood everytime i think of my wife and photography. she doesn't take any photo's and will constantly proclaim she does not have an artistic bone in her body. she will freely admit she does not understand my idea's or vision... BUT! she'll drive all over town to make sure i have enough frames for a show. she'll tend to the house and kids while i spend three days framing and cutting matte's. she'll phone and manage my contacts as i work on a project, come up with idea's, motivate me, calm me down when i go through the "none of it is any good" phase, make sure i have the time to shoot... and for our wedding she bought me one of the magnum books. 2 months later she bought me a NEW m6ttl, sf-20 and 35mm asph 'cron!
so, thanx for this thread as it helped me remember my wife kicks ass! ooops... sorry, ARSE!
 
As long as it's people, she "gets" it. A soon as it it's something else... well, let's just say it takes an incredibly striking photo for her to show much interest beyond "it looks nice, honey". :)
 
photophorous said:
she actually said, "I see why you like film now." :) I just about cried.

Paul
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You should just marry her now man!

Last year after my wife and saw an Ansel Adams exhibit at the Bellagio in Vegas, my wife said a similiar thing..
She said, "After seeing this exhibit, I understand a little better now."

Brian
 
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My wife is very confusing or possibly a very confused person. Ok, her background is art. She received a full four year scholarship to the School of Visual Arts; She studied illustration. The part that really blows my mind is that her porfolio she submitted consistted of a few drawings and a lot of photography.

When she was in highschool, she also had a darkroom in her basement, and the real kicker was that she was photographing with infrared film. This brings us to the present . You would think that she would have an understanding of what I do, but no. She spends a lot time complaining that I want to travel to work on my projects, she complains about the expense, she complains anything related or time I spend, and recently, I built a modest darkroom in our garage, well, she was against it, stating that I should just go digital, since it is quicker, and in her mind more efficient.

She never talks to me about my work, she never looks at my work, she has no opinion, and when I return from a month long photographic expedition, she complains about how she had to take out the trash and change a few 8light bulbs.

However, if my wife travels wih me she is very helpful. She speaks two dialects of chinese, so when we went to Hong Kong and china, she helped me carry my equipment, she talked to the local people for me, helping me gain access to places. I would tell her what I would like to photoggraph, she usually found away fro me to do it, yet she would then spend the night complaining about it, no matter how successful the day of photographing went or felt.

I am so perplexed. Oh she also thinks that every photo I take of her makes look bad, and she thinks i do it deliberately.

I think the question should be does anyone understand woman?
 
My partner for the last twelve years is an artist, flows dyes on silk. She has an uncanny eye for composition, and was apparently born knowing the rule of thirds. Never goes with me (you would be distracted, she says).

She quite likes my work, though constantly complains that I don't market my stuff. She's right. I can't figure out how to segue from artist to salesman.

All she ever gets in my face about is the cost of gear. "Why do you need a Leica? What's so great about it? None of your really good photographs were taken with a Leica because you didn't have a Leica."

How do you deal with someone possessed of logic?
 
Only when I take pictures of her. Otherwise it is just wasting money (on kit) or wasting time. Fortunately "the cook" is very photogenic and I am usually happy to have her as a model. She is however bemused by my tendacy to "lug" a camera around with me no matter where I am going or what I am doing.

(One day I will get that million dollar tabloid shot then I will show the world, then we will see who is laughing, then I will.....oops got a bit intense there!)
 
I don't know if he gets it, but he's certainly very patient and likes modeling for me. Here we are hanging out while I change film.

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And here's one of the photos I took:

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Isn't he handsome?
 
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