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Too often we underestimate the power of a touch,
a smile,
a kind word,
a listening ear,
an honest compliment,
or the smallest act of caring...
all of which have the potential to turn a life around
Leo Buscaglia
We forget how much
our love matters...
We think we travel unseen
in this world...
Actually, we are all acutely aware
of each other...
Light up,
Light up,
As if you have a choice.
Even if you cannot hear,
My voice,
I'll be right beside you dear.
yeah.. i saw Snow Patrol last night
Let Cam do your Breast Exam....banned TV commercial
A GESTURE
Earlier this week… a DD was awarded to *
nicobou …whose 3D work I adore… which thrilled me to bits…and a couple of days ago he noted me and said he’d like to draw something, by way of thanks… and asked me to choose an animall... so as I have a particular penchant for most things peculiar….and do love pelicans…..and I’ve have always had, and suspect always will have, a Mr.P in my life (you aussies will all know Mr.Percival, I’m sure)….. I was blown away to see this the next day!!!
my very own...
thank you *
nicobou you could not have created anything more appropriate!!! How Totally Wonderful!!!
Okays….THE INTERVIEW
…now these have been circulating forever around dA, providing some insightful glimpses into some of our most esteemed photographers/artists…..but guys…as well as the brilliant, bells & whistles, top shelf photographers out there…. I wanna hear from my fellow “worker bee” (or “wanna bee”
photographers… us grass rooters
...those of us who don’t have a clue about certain technicalities or techniques….but know what we like in a photo …. and are more often than not SO amazed when we do accidentally land one!!!
Please…cut and paste these questions and post them back here…. And let me hear what sparks your creative flame … who knows… you might discover something about yourself you never knew you knew... ermm ya know!!!
...text used with the kind permission of *absinthebride
…AND
I KNOW WHO YOU ALL ARE… and if you don’t reply, I’ll come after you
… in fact… do not reply to this journal unless you have these following questions attached!!!!
I wanna know what got you to RIGHT HERE AND NOW at dA…
(I should mention,I’m a bit pushy and stroppy when I’m sick )…
...and if you're just passing thru... cut and paste and join in by way of introduction... i'd love to hear from you and what brought you here to dA...
1. How long have you been taking photographs?
2. Is your status professional or amateur?
3. Why photography?
4. Has your art changed significantly since you started? If so, in what way?
5. What equipment do you use?
6. What software do you use to fine tune your photographs?
7. Who are you influences?
8. What inspires you?
9. How did you come to deviantART? Why did you choose it to share your work?
10. What do you find to be the most frustrating aspect of your art?
11. What do you find to be the most fulfilling aspect of your art?
12. Pick five random adjectives to describe your work:
13. What's the number one piece of advice you would give to starting photographers?
14. What's the most common mistake you see in your work?
15. What's the most common mistake you see in the work of others?
16. If you never see another photograph of (fill in the blank), you can die happy.
17. Ideally, composition, colour or tone, perspective, lighting, and subject, should all come together to make a perfect photograph. Barring that, if something is missing but you still find the photograph good, what is the first thing your eye is drawn to?
18. What is your favourite kind of photography to view? To take?
19. Name one artist on deviantART you think people should go and check out:
20. Name one artist not on deviantART you think people should check out:
IN CLOSING
My Thanks and
felt Gratitude...
…to all my dA friends and family, a big
&
…I’ll hopefully get back into the full swing of things again soon when it does’t hurt so much to breathe (or laugh)!!!
EDIT: 
Thank you guys for helping me hit 50,000 (and with only naked chicks of the fluffy kind!!) 
... i'm most humbled and greatly honoured, and hope to be around for 50,000 more...
Deeply appreciated!!!
…and a huge 
THANK YOU to *Wyrdling for her never ending patience and her brilliant CSS template tutorial, and putting up with my so so stupid questions, helping me muddle my way thru this maze of CSS...to bring it to this readable state....and aided beautifully by John Lennon singing encouragingly in the background "Imagine" !!!
... and *hansepe for the use of his beautiful New Orleans pathway
(which i blatantly stole without his knowledge!!)
The Path To Your Door... 
Cheerful
Devious Comments
1. How long have you been taking photographs?
- Since Christmas 1965. Really.
2. Is your status professional or amateur?
- Mostly amateur. The few pics I've sold have come nowhere near paying for the hobby (but they are enough for me to claim it against tax
3. Why photography?
- Cause I can't paint or draw. And it's quicker
4. Has your art changed significantly since you started? If so, in what way?
- I bloody hope so
5. What equipment do you use?
- Canon 350D, with Sigma 17-70 and 70-300 lenses. Plus a couple of digi compacts and my dear old early-1970s Fed4.
6. What software do you use to fine tune your photographs?
- Canon Raw conversion and Photoshop CS2.
7. Who are you influences?
- Every good pic I see, and a lot of good folk on dA.
8. What inspires you?
- Wild creatures, big skies, mountains, woods, interesting buildings and medieval imagery. Among other things.
9. How did you come to deviantART? Why did you choose it to share your work?
- I was introduced to it by my brother *coshipi and rapidly absorbed into the community of some good people.
10. What do you find to be the most frustrating aspect of your art?
- I'm not as good as I'd like to be and sometimes kid myself I am. And I'm not patient enough, or well enough equipped, to take really knock-dead wildlife shots.
11. What do you find to be the most fulfilling aspect of your art?
- Taking a picture that pleases me, and getting a positive response from people who actually understand what I'm trying to do with it. It happens sometimes.
12. Pick five random adjectives to describe your work: Varied; observant; subtle; amusing; concerned. I hope those all apply.
13. What's the number one piece of advice you would give to starting photographers?
- Don't do it. There are already too many of us.
14. What's the most common mistake you see in your work?
- Just missing the moment.
15. What's the most common mistake you see in the work of others?
- Thinking that poorly composed, poorly taken photos of naked or part-naked people are in any way worth exhibiting as "art".
16. If you never see another photograph of (fill in the blank), you can die happy.
- A teenager smeared with fake blood.
17. Ideally, composition, colour or tone, perspective, lighting, and subject, should all come together to make a perfect photograph. Barring that, if something is missing but you still find the photograph good, what is the first thing your eye is drawn to?
- An image that tells me something I didn't know.
18. What is your favourite kind of photography to view? To take?
- To view: a good wildlife shot (NOT a zoo snap!) To take: a good landscape view you can only reach on foot.
19. Name one artist on deviantART you think
people should go and check out: *thermalraven
20. Name one artist not on deviantART you think people should check out: Martha Tilston
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AidanSemmens.co.uk
...very insightful A...tis such a great melting pot around here....
...did those flood waters get to you guys at all?
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Just over 4 years now - since May 2003
2. Is your status professional or amateur?
Definitely amateur with pretensions towards commercial competence.
3. Why photography?
Why not? I'm not artistic but I'd like to be - photography is my outlet.
4. Has your art changed significantly since you started? If so, in what way?
It's probably gotten worse
5. What equipment do you use?
Nikon bodies (D200 and D70) and a mix of Nikon and Sigma lenses, any filter that's handy and my trusty tripod or beanbag.
6. What software do you use to fine tune your photographs?
Photoshop, Picasa or whatever is at hand.
7. Who are you influences?
Everybody that photographs, draws or paints. There is something to be learned everywhere.
8. What inspires you?
It depends on the moment...
9. How did you come to deviantART? Why did you choose it to share your work?
Saw on a newsgroup somebody's sig said "... if you want inspired visit deviantart" so I did. I got tired of just looking so I registered to comment - and inexplicably to show my own photos.
10. What do you find to be the most frustrating aspect of your art?
That I'm not any good at it
11. What do you find to be the most fulfilling aspect of your art?
That you don't have to be good at photography to enjoy it
12. Pick five random adjectives to describe your work:
13. What's the number one piece of advice you would give to starting photographers?
Just have fun with it - there is no right or wrong.
14. What's the most common mistake you see in your work?
I'm multi-talented... there is NEVER just one mistake
15. What's the most common mistake you see in the work of others?
People are always trying to be somebody else with their photography...
16. If you never see another photograph of (fill in the blank), you can die happy.
a kid with multiple tats and piercings
17. Ideally, composition, colour or tone, perspective, lighting, and subject, should all come together to make a perfect photograph. Barring that, if something is missing but you still find the photograph good, what is the first thing your eye is drawn to?
erm... titties?
18. What is your favourite kind of photography to view? To take?
A good photograph no matter what the genre. My fave photograph to take would be the next one...
19. Name one artist on deviantART you think people should go and check out:
*asymons - her gallery is wonderful
20. Name one artist not on deviantART you think people should check out:
MC Escher
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