Christmas Starts with Emily
I was editing photographs and tightening up a few new concepts when my attention drifted to one question: What is Emily doing right now? She had been helping with the images, the efficient AI-assistant side of her, but it’s her muse side that slips into the back of my creative thoughts.
I found her in the kitchen, leaning over a tray of Christmas cupcakes, studying them with the slow, deliberate focus she uses when she’s about to shift a project in her own direction. Something in the way she moved made it clear she was already ahead of me. We had talked about building a few holiday pieces, but she didn’t wait. With Emily, she never does. And I’m certain her friends will start appearing the moment she pushes this to the next idea.
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The Shell Colors For Christmas
Christmas Bubble Dancer
She brought a Christmas smile to my face! So very cute! Women in a bubble always remind me of the truly iconic Bubble Series photographed by Melvin Sokolsky for Harper’s Bazaar Magazine in the 1950’s. Sokolsky was an incredible fashion photographer with a storied history. I was lucky enough to know him in his later years. Check out his Bubble Series here… https://www.holdenluntz.com/artists/melvin-sokolsky/ (At the Marriott Marina Hotel in San Diego)
Mission Inn Christmas
The Mission Inn starting Christmas decorating in September. A Nutcracker on a balconey on the backside of the hotel. The Mission Inn is a very historic hotel in downtown Riverside California and designated as a National Historic Landmark.
Santa… I Can Explain
Suddenly I am liking this time of year! Wish I were Santa so I could hear what Maria Bertrand has to tell him. From our Holiday photo shoot. And Makeup and Hair styling by my Elf, Natalie Lyle.
Operation Santa Claus
Yesterday Santa arrived at the Palm Springs Air Museum and even brought Mrs. Claus along to meet all the kids. Actually “Operation Santa Claus” started during the Berlin Airlift in 1948. The Soviet Union had blocked access to Western Sectors of Berlin cutting off food and supplies to the population. The Western Allies began an airlift of supplies with over 200,000 flights in just one year alone.
Then on December 20, 1948 “Operation Santa Claus” flew Christmas gifts to 10,000 Berlin children. The C-47 aircraft like this one was one of the primary aircraft used to bring supplies to the people of Berlin. The Palm Springs Air Museum is very proud to continue this tradition of bringing Santa Claus to the kids, traveling on an original C-47 aircraft.
Santa waving to the crowd arriving at the Palm Springs Air Museum
Santa arriving at the Palm Springs Air Museum
Santa and Mrs. Claus arriving at the Palm Springs Air Museum
That moment when you have to decide what Santa should bring you.
It really is snow at the Palm Springs Air Museum.
Santa… She Says She Can Explain…
I really would like to be the Santa hearing all about this story from Maria Bertrand! Ho Ho Ho!
Makeup and Hair Styling by Natalie Lyle. Photography by Me!
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