Mmm, well. I did a little bit of photography tonight. Just testing out a new mini studio I made from a cardboard box and tracing paper. It looks horrible xD. I've only tested it using a single flashgun so far, but all seems well. Though I was pretty shocked at how filthy my sensor is. I mean, it's like looking at an ink blot -.- cleaning kit has got to be my next purchase.

So tomorrow, I imagine, I'll be using a double flash setup to try and control the harsh contrast that was going on.


In other news, I bought the lastest edition to my Feist library - Wrath Of A Mad God.

I'm so out of touch with dev, it's silly.

I'm still missing art. I used to find it so fun -_- remember my love for crayons? Well, I just found a crayon club ^^ it does please me. So, yes, art. I feel like doing some doodles. And seeing as I doubt I'll be sleeping tonight, I'll probably go do some in bed. I also have a brand new oil pastel pad looking at me. I have had ideas in the past about what to do with it, it's just getting round to it and then finding my oil pastels, of course.
I'm a little worried about the state of my Alanis Morissette collage I did. It's rather tatty on the one edge and the crease from 6th form still hasn't gone. I want to repair it, but I don't have the right coloured paper. I'm sure you're all aware of the fade factor sugar paper has v_v I've also been meaning to mount it to keep it flat. I wanted to try and protect the surface with something but I don't know what would be best. I was thinking varnish, but difficult to get now that the shop has gone. Mmm...

And photography? I'm in two minds about it atm. I like doing close up and macro work and I'm giving thought to getting a ringflash (not the super duper twin new mortgage flash I was going after) and see where it leads me. I'll still probably do some black and white at some point, I still have my tank and reels which haven't been used yet.

Lol. and on a different note, I can see my laptop advertised at the top of the page >.> it's a green inspiron :3 yes, green. I do love it so.

Allo.

It appears it's that time already. I've lost my interest of photography. I always lose interest in things. It's quite sad, really. Maybe if I could take decent pictures I'd keep it up, though looking at my galley after a long period of absence makes me realise just how bad I am.

Anyway, you may or may not have noticed my gallery has been screwed for a while. I ended up putting everything in storage, which mixed things up with old devs which were already there so I'm going to have to sort through them all again -_- most of them will stay in storage, though.

I was thinking about going back to college to do some kind of art course, but I feel it's just trying to make up for a creative gap I have. I mean, I like art but I just don't seem to have the attention span needed for pieces anymore.

In addition to this, I lost my job at the photography shop in the new year. I have 100% redundancy rate, I'm so awesome. So no new swivelly flashgun. probably ever. In a way I'm glad it happened- I don't like full time work, and some of the customers were moronic assholes who talked to me like I was shit.

On a happier note, my new laptop finally came from Dell and I've been playing Half Life 2 (at last) for the past couple of days. Which I finished today and have started on Episode 1.

And I'm listening to Dashboards newest album and have Rilo Kileys newest album on order. I just checked Play, and it could possibly be here in the morning ^^

The contemplation of things as they are
Without substitution or imposture
Is in itself a nobler thing
Than a whole harvest of invention.

I added a new photo today. I'm happy with it because it's something new, not because of any other technical/artistic reason.
It's the first picture I've submitted with this LCD monitor, so I don't have a true idea of what it looks like. It may be quite dark for all I know. Definately need to get a CRT to fit my desk.

I've almost lost interest in photography. The same as I did with art, but in a slightly different way. It's kinda sad, really. Maybe it's like games - I'll play them to death, get fed up then a year later I'll start playing again.

In other news, I lost my job at the printers the other day, so everything money related is on standby until something is sorted. This means no freaking flash or chemicals.