http://search.deviantart.com/?q=by:Chibihalo&section=today deviantART RSS for by:Chibihalo en-us Copyright 2009, deviantART.com Wed, 23 Dec 2009 00:54:46 PST deviantART.com http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://s.deviantart.com/minish/widgets/apple-touch-icon-precomposed.png http://Chibihalo.deviantart.com/journal/20383997/ http://Chibihalo.deviantart.com/journal/20383997/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 22:52:01 PDT
My Sonoma Sheep photo.

Animals lined up in an array of interesting colors or patterns grazing in a field or walking down a dirt road can make for interesting photography. You don't need to get the face of every single animal you shoot into the shot. Sometimes butts can be a very beautiful thing. They can also be funny too. Take the example from my very own gallery for instance. Say it with me out loud, "sheep butts." Kind of makes you chuckle and chortle there doesn't it. No?

Think of it this way. You go on safari taking a ton of shots of the animals that roam all over the African landscape. You don't pay attention to what it is you're shooting. You get home and sit down to sift through your shots to see what you want to keep. You get to a section where you were taking photos on the grounds of one of the hotels you stayed at and presto a whole section of nothing but zebra butts. After the sixth or seventh time repeating the words, "Zebra butt" you start to laugh and realize how beautiful and comedic those rear ends really are.

That example happens to be a true one. No, I didn't go to Africa and take shots of zebra butts but my camera did. My parents the SLR photography illiterate people they are didn't realize that my camera did some of the things it did when they were on safari and thus they ended up with an entire section of zebra butt shots. Going through the photos on their card I started to laugh when I saw a dozen shots of animal butts. Zebra butts and hippo butts had me rolling my eyes and laughing at my father's poor photographic skills. He's getting better I swear but it's with a point and shoot digital camera.

Yes my friends animal butts can be both beautiful and funny, especially when there's an interesting story to go with them.

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So once again, I'm trying to come up with a good design for site. I cleared some space on my hard drive and can afford to install my web design program again. However, I still want to have a gallery on my site and I don't know how I'm going to go about creating one. The lack of a gallery is what brought me back to Deviant Art in the first place. I want to be able to share my photography with people but I can't seem to do that on my own right now. I've been trying to get ideas for a new site design but I just can't get inspired. I look around DA for site links of fellow photographers but nothing seems to spark something for me. They have nice sites but they're really not what I'd do for a website. Add to that the desire to change the site address name, and you have one very antsy amature photographer. I just don't feel the whole anime aspect of my site anymore.

I gave up the web radio deal a long time ago due to financial reasons and I don't feel the whole Radio Free Mars vibe anymore. I'm more Indigo Eye now. If I went from hobby to job with my photography it would be under the Indigo Eye Studios banner not Radio Free Mars. I like Cowboy Bebop but I'm more photography than anime. Indigo Eye, which ironically was inspired by a manga passage, relates to photography because it describes the color of a camera's lens glass. To me, Indigo Eye is more of a philosophy than a description. It's a way to look at the world through the beauty of photography. It's life through the lens of a camera. It's taking that patience one must have with photography and applying it to the rest of your life. It's knowing that not everything will turn out perfect on the first try and that you may have to keep working and trying until you get the results you want. I think it's a good philosophy to have. If you apply it to the rest of your life you can live a relatively stress free life.

And so, I'm searching for the perfect way to apply that philosophy and way of life to my website. I want it to be less hobby and more portfolio. Someday I'm going to say yes to my sister and start doing real estate photography for her. Some day I'm going to get that other computer sitting around our house to work properly and use it strictly for putting together those photo tours my sister uses to help sell houses. A good sampling of my work is key for being able to get people to want to use my work. Yeah a good website update is in major order here.

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Anyhow, expect to see more gallery updates from me in the coming days. I need to go through my card and pick out the best shots I took Monday and fix them up for viewing. Don't be surprised if I throw in a head of cabbage into the mix. The botanical gardens has a very extensive vegetable garden that they use to supply their Sunday morning farmer's market and sell at other local farmer's markets. For some reason I found the cabbage they had there an interesting photographic subject.

On another note I need to decide what I want my big birthday gift from my parents to be this year. Last year's gift that they were supposed to get me never happened because they could never decide on which phone to get me or what mobile plan would be best for us. So this year it's either get new bed linens or a 50mm macro lens. Macro zoom lenses are way too expensive at over $400 a pop. With those prices being high I might end up going for the bed and bath linens instead. As I said three years ago, photography is an expensive hobby.

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]]> ~Chibihalo http://Chibihalo.deviantart.com/journal/9993510/ http://Chibihalo.deviantart.com/journal/9993510/ Wed, 06 Sep 2006 21:30:15 PDT Of Love and War would make a good title for that fic I'm working on. Now I'm wondering if Tales of Love and War would be better or if it sounds too cheesy. I really don't want a cheesy sounding title to my fic here. I kind of want to have something that will grab the reader's attention and make them say "Interesting title, I think I'll check it out." I at least want them to look at the first chapter of this thing. Oh and do you think I should stick with keeping the fic exclusive to MMO (Mediaminer) or put it up on the Hell Hole too and take my chances with all the Avatards. Mind you I haven't updated there in quite some time. ]]> ~Chibihalo http://Chibihalo.deviantart.com/journal/9989169/ http://Chibihalo.deviantart.com/journal/9989169/ Wed, 06 Sep 2006 14:41:01 PDT
Here's what I still need to do for my fic:

[x]Work up a decent fic title
[x]Work on Min Han's clothing for both formal and riding/every day - finished
[x]Work on the histories for Iseul Han, Shin Han, and Li Xun
[x]Work on the complete character sheets for Sun Qiao, Sun Yu, Sun Zhong, Taru, and Master Fa Xu
[x]Work on the overall plot for the fic using both the romantic idea and the idea from The Ojeong Conflict RP
[x]Decide upon a number of chapters for the fic and work on a brief run down of plot points and summaries for each one
[x]Work out a schedule for writing and posting each chapter of the fic
[x]Back up final copy of all fic notes to a thumb drive

Sounds like a lot to do but I have confidence in myself that I can hack out a good chunk of the character sheets in the next few days and then begin working on the overall plot and outline for the story. As long as I have my main characters worked out I can flesh out a supporting cast as the story progresses. Hopefully, when I do write this story the characters will be interesting enough that they just might inspire someone to work up some artwork of them. I'm not expecting to see artwork of my characters but it would be a nice suprise to see someone turn what I see in my head into an illustration or two.

While writing this thing out a tentative title did come to me. How does Of Love and War grab you for a possible title for my fic? ]]> ~Chibihalo http://Chibihalo.deviantart.com/journal/9657043/ http://Chibihalo.deviantart.com/journal/9657043/ Tue, 08 Aug 2006 23:19:16 PDT
The night after my cousin got into Wisconsin for his job at the airshow in Oshkosh his older brother pulled me aside after dinner and asked me to be the photographer for his rehersal dinner. There was talk floating around between my aunt and my mother that this might happen but I was very surprised and honored when he asked me. You see I've been toying with the idea of trying to find a way to turn my photography into something that can make me money. Getting a job like this, even if it is for family, is a step in the right direction. As if that's not enough, one of my aunts then asked me to be the official photographer for the bridal shower on the 20th of this month. This will be the third such job that I've been given this year. I did two anniversary parties for my mother's siblings. I need all the photography jobs I can get.

So hurray for me. ]]> ~Chibihalo http://Chibihalo.deviantart.com/journal/5334734/ http://Chibihalo.deviantart.com/journal/5334734/ Wed, 11 May 2005 23:59:45 PDT
To get the camera I want it'll cost me nearly $900. But think of it this way the camera I have now plus the second lense I use for taking pictures of wildlife probably did cost my parents almost that much when they got it for my 21st birthday. And as you can see I've put that camera to very good use. But I spend too much money on film just to end up with a few good photos.

If I had the digital SLR camera I would be able to delete the multiple copies of all pictures I take to get the right picture. I wouldn't be waiting for developing and I could show off what I take the day I take it. When I tell people about an interesting photo I've taken I want them to be able to see it right away and that's what this camera will allow me to do. In the long run it'll pay for itself because I'll be able to help out my sister with her realestate work. She'll save money and I'll be able to make some money on the side. I definately want that camera. ]]> ~Chibihalo