Long time no see. To be honest, I have neglected dA a bit (okay, a lot) the last few weeks. My trip to Dublin was amazing 'though I am pretty disappointed when it comes to Irish models. I had about 15 shootings in planning, even had to reject some requests because I had no time any more, and guess how many shootings I had? One. Fucking one. Why? Because some models just stopped answering in the middle of planning. Some never wrote me again, some wrote to me when I was already preparing to go back to Germany. At least I had five dates for shootings with everything planned, prepared and bought. One model got sick. One model's grandmother got sick. One model moved and had no time. One model never showed up.
So, yes, everybody can get a cold (I got one myself thanks to my midnight jogging through Frankfurt Airport to reach my plane...) but it's a pretty popular excuse for models so I don't know what to think. Anyway, I am still very disappointed that I only had one shooting had to reject some pretty cool models for ones that never showed... The one shooting I had was pretty cool. I worked with a MUA the first time and it was great. I really want to work with them more often.
My project for college is now called "Dubliners" and is, as you can guess, a series of portraits of people in Dublin. I can't tell you more right now because I want to show them to my lecturer first. College starts again in not even two weeks and it will be my seventh and second last term in studying photography. I'll soon start working on my photodiploma. Seems like yesterday that I started college. Hell, it seems like yesterday that I started photography...
Also, soon will be NaNoWriMo (=National Novel Writing Month) again and as I know myself, I'll hardly touch the camera and be glued to the keyboard again. I'm so looking forward to that month of writing madness. Anybody else in?
Take Care, Rae
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To be honest, I haven't touched my camera in quite a while. I was so busy doing other stuff for college and after that I just had to come down and relaxe a bit doing absolutely nothing... I guess my break was long enough because I'm quite anxious to shoot again. I have a small shooting next week but I hope there'll be more soon.
Also, I just booked a flight to Dublin at the end of the month and my stay at a hostel for two weeks. My college had the "great" idea that every photography student should have to work on a project in another county so I took it as an excuse to go to Ireland again. I still need to figure out what I'll actually work on but oh well. I still have a few weeks to think about it... I'll be on my own in Dublin so if you're from around there and want to hang out or have a coffee or maybe a shooting, note me I'd like to meet some folks from Dublin. Also, if you know any models from that area it would be cool if you'd tell me. Besides my mystery project I'd like to have a few shootings.
That's about it. Also, I'm still getting lots of messages and I try to reply to everyone although I'm sure I missed some... Thanks for the ongoing support, everyone! Take Care, Rae
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Reading: Francesca Lia Block- Open letter to quiet light
Watching: The Dark Knight
Playing: life
Drinking: coffee
I know the story from so many other deviants and yet, when you experience it yourself, it seems to be totally different. When I went online this morning clicking through my beloved Morningcoffee (brilliant Add-on for Firefox!) I couldn't believe my eyes when I landed on dA. My message center has never been this full. Since this morning I try to thank everyone but I know I will forgett someone. So: Thank you all so, so, so much for all the comments and the favorites and the devwatches And the biggest thank you goes to *Jeannieblue for suggesting and to ^FaMz for featuring "the cage" as my first Daily Deviation ever I feel so overwhelmed and honored. Thank you all!
And also a special thanks to the person who bought two really, really big prints some time ago. When I saw it I was so happy. Not because of the money but because of the fact that someone liked my work so much to spent that much money on it. Thanks to you, too, whoever you are
Back to my message center now. Take Care, Rae
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A lot is going on in my life and in my head, it's hard to stop from time to time and remember to keep breathing. I have a lot of shootings, big projects at college and I write a lot which I enjoy very, very much. I even take an online writing class right now with one of my favorite writers. Some days are just too short. I hope you're all doing fine.
Take Care, Rae
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As you might have guessed, I finally had a chance to test my new camera. Oh damn, I love it! My new series "Silent Songs" was taken in an attic with avaiable light only and everything I did in the post-progress was cutting and playing with the contrast a bit. It's rare that I say it but I adore the new pictures! It's quite a relief to notice that I'm walking on a path I actually want to walk on and finally start becoming the kind of photographer and person I want to be. Does that make sense? It does for me, so it's okay, I guess.
Also I added new stuff to my dA store. Lots of my prints are avaiable as canvas, fine art prints and other stuff now. As some might have noticed, two of my most bought and favorited pieces (Someday and Writer's Evolution )were deleted from my print store and therefore from your wishlists. They are not gone for good, they just moved to `ArtistsForCharity I figured since my old submissions were deleted because of a general replacement I might as well submit the two pieces who are most-wished and bought in my store. So, if you ever wanted to have one of those pictures, do something good and buy them over at `ArtistsForCharity Right now the money goes to The Autistic Self Advocacy Network.
Just a few days until my sixt anniversary on dA! I can't believe how fast the time went by and how much I have developed since the beginning... I never would have guessed I would be where I am today because of a website! And it is because of a website, this website. It's no exaggeration if I say that it changed my life. Oh and two more watchers and I have 500 people following my work! Thanks so much for everthing, guys
Take Care, Rae
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