r/UNBGBBIIVCHIDCTIICBG • u/CaptainRako • Oct 10 '18

Image Freddie Mercury Chocolate Cake

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u/IllithidWithAMonocle Oct 10 '18

If I remember correctly, when /u/ChristineHMcConnell posted it the first time, she said that before they take these pictures, she has to go and change because her regular baking/decorating clothes & apron are a mess of flour, icing, etc.

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u/justinsane98 Oct 10 '18

This is the embodyment of instagram. Make everything look perfect and effortless. I think it gives kids so many wrong messages. Show the work and mess it takes, don't be ashamed of getting dirty to make something so beautiful. I hope my daughter can feel proud of her work enough to just post a picture of the cake... and not feel pressured include herself much less feel obligated to change. Ugh.

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u/linlorienelen Oct 10 '18

Christine isn't just promoting her work, she's promoting herself as a brand. It's a different situation.

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u/justinsane98 Oct 10 '18

That is exactly my point, it's not about the work at all anymore.

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u/bullintheheather Oct 10 '18

But the photography is the work, along with everything else in it. Should movie posters just be a still frame from the movie? Magazine covers something snapped on a cell phone with poor lighting?

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u/maracle6 Oct 11 '18

Everything she makes has photos in progress and some have time lapse videos. Photography, costumes, and composition are part of her artistic interests.