I wanted to write and thank everyone for watching, commenting, faving and just stopping by. I really appreciate the support of this community! I'm still just learning a lot, and for the recond, since many have asked, I'm both the photographer and the model for all my work. I don't have any professional equipment, so at the moment, my lighting is not what I'd like it to be -- hence some blurriness, strange contrasts, etc. I'll be moving in a few weeks and hopefully I can set up a better "studio" in my new place!

I hope to have more time in the next few months to expand my gallery, so keep your eyes peeled! Thanks again to everyone!!

Well, I was all set to shave my head and then my friend called and said she had done it without me... She had apparently really been freaking out and just did it on a whim with her roommate... I went over to see her and we discussed it, and she said she didn't think it would affect her one way or the other if I did it now, cause she was already OK with it, etc. Plus, seeing her, I felt somehow it would be wrong of me to do it. Strange. I think I didn't want to do it for the wrong reasons, like feeling good about myself, looking bad-ass, etc. I didn't want to do it for me at all. Anyway, we decided I shouldn't do it. I'm a little bummed cause I was kinda excited about it, but its also nice to have my hair!

She looks great, BTW, just like GI Jane -- I think it has helped her so much to just shave it. Apparently if you don't, it just falls out all at once in huge clumps -- GROSS!!

I hope to do a shoot with her now instead of me. She's such an amazing woman!

Thanks for all your thoughts...

I hope you all enjoy the new series with the scarf (I will move some to scraps soon)...

I am planning shave my head in the next few days in support of my friend who is going through chemotherapy and will lose her hair soon. I bought the scarf as a head-covering for when I'm bald, but have found some other uses for it too!

I'm sure I'll do a shoot with my shaved head, as I intend to use the experience as an opportunity to re-examine my ideas about beauty, self-esteeem, etc. Stay tuned...

Hey everyone,

The last live tutorial was awesome -- I would definitely recommend this event!

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Live #Photography Tutorial: Depth of Field


Following on from the huge success of our first event, #Photography is proud to bring you our next live tutorial session with *roy204 and =lewcid!

Most people in the photography community on deviantART are aware of both *roy204 and of course, *photo-class . *roy204 is one of the co-founders of * photo-class, an account used to help educate fellow deviants on the in's and out's of photography techniques, from both behind the lens to post-processing.

All those present at the first tutorial will remember =lewcid and what a fantastic job he did in presenting the first tutorial on photo composition.

These two talented deviants will be combining their efforts to bring you this tutorial which will cover Depth of Field. Like last time it will run for approximately 1 hour, with extra time for Q&A's at the end.

Everyone who attended the first tutorial will recall the sample images used which we were able to embed in the chat screen. For this tutorial, we will bring you a little something extra ... raising the bar of interactivity to the next level.

Where: #Photography
When: Saturday May 28th, 12-noon PST. (find your local time for this date)
Please pay careful attention to time zones, as some places are currently observing daylight saving time (DST)

We will be holding these events every 4 weeks, with the third tutorial being on 25 June with *jmonzani covering Portrait Photography. Stay tuned to = PhotographyChannel for future updates.

A big thank you to everyone that has supported us, we couldn't have done it without you!

See you there!

Best regards,

The #Photography team.


The #photography team is: ^ firelite-photo, *anjules, *nordynz, = rinna, *drailed, =Uncle-Scratchy, = rmadmin, =ewm, `bigdavec, =junkster78, = lewcid & =smellykapcie.

I just wanted to thank everyone that has watched, faved and commented on my work since I joined dA. This is a wonderful community and I really appreciate the support -- your encouragement means the world to me!