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Journal Entry: Wed Dec 9, 2009, 8:22 AM

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Mood: Christmas Spirited
Eating: Poptarts
Drinking: Coffee

whoo-hoo!

Journal Entry: Sun May 3, 2009, 4:59 AM

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Guess who got a nifty new, old old old GE hand-held light meter for $4 at Savers??! In a great, stitched leather case w/snaps?

I must go play...

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amazing landscapes

Thank-yous

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for featuring Easter Palette

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for featuring some of my fractals in her journal

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for including my Nature Lovers' Stamp in her journal

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for including Earth Song in his journal

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for including Good to Be a Gull in her Birds of a Feather feature

Fella by ¢greatLP
CSS by `ClaireJones

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Mood: Daily Needs

Spring Cleaning

Journal Entry: Thu Apr 16, 2009, 8:33 AM

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I am "cleaning house," so to speak, because I really need to get focused and get serious about my photography. (Hence, the polished and professional journal CSS by Claire Jones, who rocks!

) I am scrapping my other galleries (with sincere apoligies to those of you who like my fractal and other art), dropping out of various clubs and looking for photography clubs to join. I was accepted to iStock, but most of my photos are being roundly rejected, usually for lighting reasons, and I need to study and learn and improve. dA may be the place to do it, and it may not. But, unfortunately, I can't really just hang out and goof off like I used to. I am not getting any younger, and if I want to break out of what I'm doing and do my art for a living, I gotta get serious, and I gotta do it now. Maybe when (and if) things settle, and when (and if) I learn how to manage my time, I'll be able to hang out and relax more, but for now, it's work work work!

inspiration

Conceptual

Still Life

Commercial

Thank-yous

... to

for featuring Easter Palette

... to

for featuring some of my fractals in her journal

... to

for including my Nature Lovers' Stamp in her journal

s

... to

for including Earth Song in his journal

... and to

for including Good to Be a Gull in her Birds of a Feather feature

Clubs

Fella by ¢greatLP
CSS by `ClaireJones

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Mood: Daily Needs

checkin' in | thank-you's

Journal Entry: Wed Apr 1, 2009, 11:19 AM

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This is me:

This is what I'm doing:

Re-designing my personal site (OK, so it's only in the "thinking stage" right now )

Trying like hell to come up with something that meets iStock's standards, which is making me a touch

Working on a self-published photo book to enter in a contest

Getting organized for a show I actually got invited to in July

Trying to eat healthy and exercise daily 'cause my HS reunion is coming up, also in July, and I am actually entertaining the thought of going, even though most of them were s to me and why I should want to see any of the ing s again, I don't know!

Re-arranging my entire apartment - because that's what I do! But, actually, I think I am very nearly done. Some clutter to pick up/put away/give away/burn, but no more big furniture items to move. Feels odd, to maybe, possibly be done...

I need a !!!

Feature

Pastel/Spring/Easter Feature

Thanks

... to

for featuring some of my fractals in her journal

... to

for including my Nature Lovers' Stamp in her journal

s

... to

for including Earth Song in his journal

... and to

for including Good to Be a Gull in her Birds of a Feather feature

Clubs

$:iconfractaldreams:$

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Mood: dA Love

portfolio | new feature

Journal Entry: Mon Mar 16, 2009, 5:29 AM

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Hey, all, just checkin' in. I am crazy-busy, as usual. The latest project is to put together a portfolio of my work. I went online and looked up "photography portfolio tips," and I find it hilarious that every last one had, as its first big "tip," "Choose your best work." REALLY?

A useful suggestion was how many works to choose - 12-20 seems to be the ideal to aim for. And the most useful tip was to look at it like a solo gallery exhibit, which I have been doing. If I were doing a show, obviously I would only want to show my best work

but I would also want to make sure each piece I chose was special enough to hang and invite people to look at and hopefully buy, right? Here I thought doing a portfolio was going to be a snap - not because I'm so friggin' phenomenal or anything, but because I have SO much work on my PC and backed up on disks, it's unbelievable - but it's not, because when you look at it dispassionately, as if you were looking at it in a gallery, a lot of my stuff doesn't seem that special at all... which, by the way, is simply a part of my self-critical nature, and not a cry for "oohs" and "aahs" and pats on the back.