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]]> ~apolaroid http://apolaroid.deviantart.com/journal/16216401/ http://apolaroid.deviantart.com/journal/16216401/ Tue, 01 Jan 2008 23:56:00 PST I am also working with some new people on my different projects so I will be adding new material on here. Plus I will be adding some different images from the Blackberry phone. So should prove to be an interesting new year. Everyone has been very supportive about my past submissions, so I plan to work hard to keep up the effort from this end.
My goal for this year is to upgrade my camera to a D300. I would really like to get one, but will have to see how the funds go. Wish my luck in making that happen.
For everyone taking the time to read this, I truly hope your new year is a good one. May your dreams come true, and goals be reached. Best Wishes to all from Navarre, FL

Shawn

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I bought my first camera at the age of 7. It was a Kodak pocket instamatic used 110 film. Along the way I have had several different cameras and with each one I learned a bit more. My first SLR came in seventh grade it was a Minolta XG-7. In high school I was a photographer on the yearbook staff and learned a lot of tricks in the dark room, and more important how to better use a camera to save work in the darkroom. To be really lazy you try to do it right the first time. I wonder if the school ever knew how many nudes were taken and had the film processed in the yearbook darkroom. Trial and error made me better. Art classes in college helped too. Even using the camera on my cell phone has taught me to work around the limits of the camera, and improve my own skills. Joining deviantART was an eye opener too, seeing so many with talent sharing their awesome work. It humbles you to see their work on here, and it challenges you to try to do better with your own work.

I wonder what the next year will bring with my work on here. Where ever it goes I hope all of you will stick around and keep driving me to continue to do better. Thank you to everyone for the awesome support you have given me.

Check out I have joined it and submited some of my work there.

]]> ~apolaroid http://apolaroid.deviantart.com/journal/12776878/ http://apolaroid.deviantart.com/journal/12776878/ Sun, 29 Apr 2007 10:11:37 PDT
I would say I have returned, but the truth is I never left. It seems life has had some really busy events going on for me. I have been working at a slow pace on rebuilding my home from Hurricanes Ivan and Dennis. I am a creative person so it is not a simple job to bring a project like this to a completed phase. In the beginning, I designed the house to be built and I am resigning parts of it as it gets redone. It is a work in progress, with me doing much of the work myself. In the rebuild process I acquired two vintage Airtream trailers. They are awesome, but have added to my workload; as I have decided update them as well for use on my future adventures.
I recently took the time to submit six new images of a friend taken a few days ago. His name is Jonathan and he had decided after seeing some my past work he wanted to be the subject in a photo shoot. So on two minutes notice we headed off to the beach to capture his image in some sort of unplanned way. Grabbing my Nikon D100 and a scrap of white silk cloth we walked up the beach to an abandon federal park project (thanks to the above mentioned hurricanes). Even though it is a public beach area we were able to get in the different shots we were trying for. It will be interesting to see what comes of our next photo shoot with some planning. After submitting the six different images I went off to bed and figured I would check their numbers sometime the next day. About 12 hours later I logged to a pleasant surprise. In a time span of about 12 hours I had close to a thousand views of my work on here. It made me feel good to know that not only were the new images being seen, but my older work as well. I want to thank everyone for such awesome support. It is always nice to see results to efforts made. I will be adding more images of Jonathan from our recent shoot as I can.
I am trying to go through older images to see what I would like to add on here. In time I will add what I can. I am still on the look out for a good Eve to continue the Adam series. I know what I am looking for in the right Eve, and even though I have had nice offers the look was not right to continue that series.

Keep checking back. ]]> ~apolaroid http://apolaroid.deviantart.com/journal/9427507/ http://apolaroid.deviantart.com/journal/9427507/ Wed, 19 Jul 2006 14:12:49 PDT
Don't forget, numbers are not everything. As I look through my own gallery, I see some images that have great numbers on views, and others with only a few views. That is ok, because this whole process starts with me. It is about what is going on in my mind the second in time I captured the image. As I return to view my own work, it brings me back to when the pictures were taken. So high numbers or not, I still love so many of these pictures. Each one brings different emotions. They are after all a record of my own journey. So where viewers here and elsewhere, may see a decent image they like, I see so much more. I see the time spent with friends like Kory, or the emotions I had when I saw a sunset. So thank you to all for being a part of my journey. ]]> ~apolaroid http://apolaroid.deviantart.com/journal/9294871/ http://apolaroid.deviantart.com/journal/9294871/ Thu, 06 Jul 2006 17:37:49 PDT ~apolaroid http://apolaroid.deviantart.com/journal/9245323/ http://apolaroid.deviantart.com/journal/9245323/ Sat, 01 Jul 2006 19:57:16 PDT ~apolaroid http://apolaroid.deviantart.com/journal/9058450/ http://apolaroid.deviantart.com/journal/9058450/ Tue, 13 Jun 2006 15:34:10 PDT Adam Before Eve, and it has done pretty well on here, but I was surprised in also how much attention my Road of Broken Dreams series received. Funny thing with both series, one the Adam Before Eve, has had more planning, and attention to certain details, where the Road of Broken Dreams, was snapped just because I like the setting around us, and the darkening skies, so no details were worked out, we just took about 20 some pictures. On both series I want to thank Mark for posing, you can see what he is trying to do with his own camera at his deviantArt site using this Gallery Link . He is new to photography behind the camera, so be kind and check out what he is showing. He can also be found by looking up his deviantART name irishboy78. If you happen to be near us in Florida, and know a good female to pose with Mark as Eve, let me know. I love this site, so everyone keep posting. ]]> ~apolaroid http://apolaroid.deviantart.com/journal/8990450/ http://apolaroid.deviantart.com/journal/8990450/ Tue, 06 Jun 2006 15:45:03 PDT ~apolaroid http://apolaroid.deviantart.com/journal/8960251/ http://apolaroid.deviantart.com/journal/8960251/ Sat, 03 Jun 2006 14:41:29 PDT
That being said, I have an idea. Its the story game. Part of what I found from comments sent to me, was that the images I have posted mean different things to different viewers. I know for myself so many of the images I see, tell a story to me, it creates in my mind, and only adds to the enjoyment of whatever image I am looking at. So here is what I have in mind, for any of the images you see posted on my gallery, I want you to share the story that forms in your mind. Short or long (not too long), share your thoughts. For the series, you can use all the images or just one to work with the story you have in mind.

Right now Adam Before Eve has the most views, use it or other parts of the series from the gallery that can be seen at this Gallery Link , really any and all images I have posted in the gallery are open to storylines. I think this can be a fun and interesting part of what goes on here. All I ask is that people do not forget this will be read by many people, and to keep it some what clean. ]]> ~apolaroid http://apolaroid.deviantart.com/journal/8831034/ http://apolaroid.deviantart.com/journal/8831034/ Sun, 21 May 2006 01:48:00 PDT ~apolaroid http://apolaroid.deviantart.com/journal/8653380/ http://apolaroid.deviantart.com/journal/8653380/ Tue, 02 May 2006 15:18:22 PDT ~apolaroid http://apolaroid.deviantart.com/journal/8469324/ http://apolaroid.deviantart.com/journal/8469324/ Fri, 14 Apr 2006 12:45:00 PDT ~apolaroid