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Journal Entry: Fri Oct 6, 2006, 12:52 PM
I've been wholly abysmal at updating my deviantART account over the past year and a half, but in that time a lot of things have happened...


• I virtually stopped my photography, mainly through apathy

• My band Mandala spent a year working on our seminal album Eventyr: including concert harp, string section, pedal-steel guitar, electronics, choirs... etc.

• MySpace (...need I say more)

• I got back into photography in a big way, and started to take photos of my friends playing the London gig scene whenever I could

• I signed up for a Flickr account as I wanted a bigger gallery and was frustrated with the hoops you have to jump through for each devART submission - hence my gig photography went there

• Mandala, after being together on and off since 1997, split permanently, throwing the past years work into limbo


The result of this past year's flux is that I'm now looking to take my photography a lot more seriously. I really want to branch out of doing solely gig photography (which I still really enjoy), and head into portraiture.

I'm looking to start doing studio setups, and playing with light in a much more controlled way. Also, being a graphic designer, I'm a dab-hand in the ol' p'shop, so I'm going to start to introduce post-processing more into shoots, ideally at a conceptual stage - aiming for photorealistic end results, not photoshop-overlay-mess.

So in summary - I've a few specific projects with models lined up, and the aim is definitely to regain a focus on the artistic and expressive sides of photography, and of course, to have some fun in the process...

Now I just need to produce something worthwhile!


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  • Mood: Zeal
  • Listening to: Thomas Dybdahl - One Day You'll Dance for Me, NYC
  • Reading: The Power of Now - Eckhart Tolle
  • Playing: Chess
  • Eating: Sushi
  • Drinking: Flatliners

Devious Information

  • Current Age: 25
  • Current Residence: London UK
  • Interests: Music, design, internet, photography
  • Favourite movie: American Beauty, Leon, Amelie, Labyrinth
  • Favourite band or musician: Björk, Squarepusher, Jeff Buckley, Jamiroquai, Nick Drake
  • Favourite style or digital art: Minimal, euphoric
  • Operating System: Leopard
  • MP3 player of choice: iPod flea
  • Favourite game: Chess
  • Favourite gaming platform: Table
  • Personal Quote: There's an art to everything
  • Tools of the Trade: MusicMan, MacBook, Canon 5D

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*eyeseewell:iconeyeseewell: Jan 20, 2008, 1:59:11 AM
You've been featured in my journal [link] :).

Keep it up.
~DeadStarKew:iconDeadStarKew: Dec 29, 2007, 5:05:04 AM
thanks a lot for the watch!
I love your picture of Thom Yorke
:hug:

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Truth is not a dreamable reality.
~tiberio-san:icontiberio-san: Dec 25, 2006, 5:51:50 AM
........:wave: :xmas: ~ Merry Christmas !!!

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~Elaneban:iconElaneban: Oct 1, 2006, 11:46:00 AM
Hello it's me again you pics look amazing... i wish mine were better but i can't really afford a really good cam like the one you have.... lol :) 6 MP is the best i've got!

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~pingimonsteri:iconpingimonsteri: Aug 19, 2005, 5:53:48 AM
Thank you so much for the :+fav:, I really appreciate it.

:hug:

- iikka

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~potatismos:iconpotatismos: Aug 2, 2005, 6:59:10 AM
i don´t have the picture in higher qualit, it´s my first picture and i don´t have any kunskap about taking pictures and so on, but hopefully i will improve
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~hakfest:iconhakfest: Jul 31, 2005, 12:40:23 AM
Thanks :)

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~chooseanameanuseit:iconchooseanameanuseit: Jul 24, 2005, 6:06:00 PM
Wotcha...

Was cool talking to you at the meet, sorry I didn't come here sooner, but this is the first time I've been on the net since the meet!

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~pixiesrgroovay:iconpixiesrgroovay: Jul 22, 2005, 4:07:44 AM
Thanks for watching :). It was nice meeting you on Sunday, even if it was very briefly towards the end.

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~triksy:icontriksy: Jul 19, 2005, 9:28:04 AM
good meeting you on sunday, had a quick look at your site and gallery, looks good, will definately give your stuff a closer look when I have time, later :)

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~ginnyhaha:iconginnyhaha: Jul 18, 2005, 12:06:23 PM
hey there :) It was nice to meet you yesterday! Your website looks pretty cool, too :D

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~ginnyhaha:iconginnyhaha: Jul 18, 2005, 12:05:35 PM
hey there :) It was nice to meet you yesterday! Your website looks pretty cool, too :D

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*Skeet:iconSkeet: Jul 17, 2005, 5:27:38 PM
nice meeting you today

just been looking at your personal website and im loving your logo design work, very proffesional.

till next meet
~nikkistyle:iconnikkistyle: Jun 30, 2005, 5:28:39 AM
thanks for adding "fixation" and "spectrum dream" to :+fav: - im glad you enjoyed the series :blowkiss:

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~neon-web:iconneon-web: Jan 8, 2005, 10:45:35 AM
thank you, Mr. 42, for your comments and favouriting (although I just decided to change that image!) :)
Elliot rips off all my ideas, it's true. The man simply has no creativity of his own. ;)
See you soon! -x
~pixiesrgroovay:iconpixiesrgroovay: Dec 8, 2004, 1:49:36 PM
Thank you for the coment and the :+fav: :)

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!LittleHonda:iconLittleHonda: Aug 1, 2004, 3:33:55 AM
thanks for your nice comments :)
~sourgrrl:iconsourgrrl: Aug 1, 2004, 3:25:36 AM
thank you for commenting on [link] :glomp:



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Erga
~pixiesrgroovay:iconpixiesrgroovay: May 4, 2004, 12:06:23 AM
hi

thank you very much for the :+fav: sweetie - and for such an in-depth comment. i have to agree with you about the text and actually just yesterday found the original photo and was re-doing some bits of this piece - i may submit it soon, but the blurryness of the composition irritates me so i may end up taking it again! as for the background; i intended it to be that way becasue i wanted to give it a situation relating to the title, although as this has now been picked out more than once, i am debating. thank you

-hari-

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~scarymissquee:iconscarymissquee: Mar 22, 2004, 11:30:31 AM
really thanks for the :+fav: :hug:

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~sourhaze:iconsourhaze: Mar 22, 2004, 2:27:11 AM
Good idea, my friend. Most of the comments here are indeed spam, albeit slightly better-intended spam.

Lynch evening: It's going to have to be after my deadlines, I'm afraid. I'm really sorry about this, but the workload is just huge at the moment. Hopefully we'll be able to meet briefly before then. Many apologies, my friend...

Should we be arranging our social lives here? What was that we were saying about comments? ;-)

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~fb42:iconfb42: Mar 21, 2004, 7:13:12 PM
We have to start a :devart: trend of only giving specific compliments or constructive criticism.... anything else is just :spam:

About this Lynch evening.... :)

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~sourhaze:iconsourhaze: Feb 27, 2004, 8:36:59 AM
F,

Thanks very much for the comments on my images - it's very much appreciated, my friend. You give damn good comments!

~ E

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