I've been MIA lately but so have most folks on LJ. Okay, to be accurate I haven't been gone, just not posting like I used to. I still check in and read the forums and posts, but less and less feel any need to post here anymore. It doesn't help that I've been busy ( Read more... )

It took forever to get myself down there - yes I found many excuses (reasonable and unreasonable) to avoid getting started. But at 8pm Sunday night, I found myself in the garage in front of the camera.

The result:


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Project 365 hasn't started yet - it's been delayed by life stuff. Gross, frustrating life stuff that encompasses owing the government a boatload of money, popped blood vessels, stolen identities, kidney stones, rental rejection and a possessive cat ( Read more... )

I think I'm going to try to do the 365 Photography project - specifically 365 consecutive days of portraits (primarily self-portraits but I'd like to include other portraits as well). Why? Because I've been in such a block lately with my photography. It's literally been two months since I've shot something and 3-6 months since I've shot anything ( Read more... )

Things have been up in the air lately on the home front. The House of Rambo (home of my beloved BF) had been disbanded as one of their mates decided to move in with his lovely lady. Likewise, BF and I have chosen to see this as an opportunity to live together (along with my best mate Jean) in a house or duplex of our choosing ( Read more... )

As an early birthday gift (heck, my only birthday gift), I decided to expand my photo/light arsenal with 2nd speed-lite kit (light, umbrella and stand), a reflector holder/boom, mini soft-box and gel kit for one of my speed-lites and a clamp that will let you mount a camera anywhere (even a car door ( Read more... )

So it's February already - the month of my birth. It's also the month before my 1-year working at my current job. It's also black history month, president's day, etc etc ( Read more... )

Good news, Hermes is fine and home after an overnight stay at the Vet ( Read more... )

So my beloved cat, named for my favorite trickster Greek God and a Jamaican number cruncher on Futurama, decided to pee on my bed last weekend. After a lot of swearing, laundering and using all manner of cat-fluid-odor solution on my bed linens, I figured it was all over ( Read more... )

Well I've started January out with a bang...okay more of a fizzle. I'm sick, heavier than I've ever been and overwhelmed with feelings of "what is the right life decision to make - where I am going ( Read more... )