My friend, Canadian artist Terrill Welch, periodically gifts her readers with step-by-step photos of a painting being born. So revealing, those posts are among my favorites.

With that in mind, I’m sharing with you the behind the scenes “magic” of what took place to capture a photo of me — Mary Poppins style — for an up-and-coming event.

Using the camera in my iPhone 5S, Len was the photographer. As you know, we have loads of fun together. Sometimes we even get carried away; in my case (almost) literally:

Select a location site

Insert prop into the scene

Wait (and wait and wait and wait!) for photographer to get ready

Catch a gust of wind

Erase prop — Voilà!

Coming to a night sky near you

When was the last time you got carried away?

© Laurie Buchanan

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