Apologies!! It appears that on my last three blog posts, there has been a technical problem with the comments, which means none of them were sent after filling in the form. That’s disappointing as my last couple of posts were rather good ‘uns!! 
Everything is fine now and I have also decided to omit the Moderation feature (for now) as I have my Spam under control…. so comments can appear straight away.
I get creeped out looking at this pic: almost as if it’s not me, or an older version of me. Or a ghost. Who has just affixed an anachronistic handle to our front door.
From the same shoot as It’s warm outside
Going away for a week of soleil. See me in my suitcase here
It’s been a while since I last blogged but I thought I’d drop in and leave a few words.
Looking forward to getting university exams and coursework out of the way so I can embark on a summer season’s worth of further photography and more experimentation with the self portrait. I will be aiming for my next exhibition and reviewing options of ‘what next…’
Also I want to learn more about my camera (haha). I figure it’s extremely worthwhile to learn about different files and the ways of maximising file size from capture stage to processing stage, e.g. RAW files, TIFF files. If anyone knows a good online tutorial on these related matters, general, or on the Sony R1 itself, or about Adobe Photosop CS2, I would be very grateful for your help!
Very fed up with Flickr today. I’m at a low ebb. I know my success so far, is down to Cyberspace - down to Flickr, but I know also that ultimately my artwork (and everyone else’s on there) stands within its own right. Flickr artists’ work, even if it developed through one’s Flickr experience as did mine, should be seen as independent of the ‘containers’ like Flickr which are only valid in that they showcase the art.
One day in the hopefully near future my website will function independently of the photo-sharing site. I don’t like being under the power of another operation, censoring what they think doesn’t fit, not that I desperately want to upload nudes (I think putting nudes on the internet is risky full stop, which means the Flickr experience is useful in that it shows what is considered ‘dirty’ in the mainstream consensus itself) but I look forward to the day when I don’t have to worry about what could happen to my stream if a higher power chooses to flick a button.
I am aware however that the community Flickr brings together is a crucial aspect. That’s how so many people see each other’s work. Not as many people (by far!) will come to my site as they would come to my Flickr stream, because lots of different people’s images can be seen there in the same arena. And that is why I want to stick with Flickr as much as possible, but I will welcome new ways of diversifying the way I show my work. My exhibition, for instance, will show my images physically, and will be independent of a nipple-censoring network.
Anyway, still preparing for the exhibition, thanks for all your support on that so far. x
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