EDITORletter

Photo Shoots and Outtakes

As every monthly issue deadline rolls around, I realize I need a photo for the Editor’s Letter column and that makes me scroll back through the last few week’s of saved photos on my iPhone. Inevitably, it is slim pickings because I am not one for taking many selfies and I tend to forget to hand my phone to someone else to take a photo of me at an event or location. When you are the one taking all the pictures to capture a story, you don’t bother to turn the camera around on yourself. Last month, I met up with my The Urban Garden: 101 Ways to Grow Food and Beauty in the City book co-author Teri Speight in the Fenton Community Garden and we traded taking photos of each other with various backgrounds and poses. It was a warm fall day and the garden plots were still full of produce and flowers. We wanted some pictures to use in our social media posts as we promote the book’s release next spring. The shot above is one outtake that shows I clearly need a stylist (white socks with black slacks and shoes!), as well as a mirror (tuck in that visible hoodie!). We got a few usable pics, although not the ones we’d hoped for. The mission wasn’t exactly accomplished, but we had fun and are scheduling a session with the professional photographer soon!

Happy gardening,

Kathy Jentz, Editor/Publisher, Washington Gardener KathyJentz@gmail.com Kathy Jentz Editor/Publisher Washington Gardener 826 Philadelphia Ave. Silver Spring, MD 20910 Phone: 301-588-6894 kathyjentz@gmail.com www.washingtongardener.com

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