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Anyway, I thought I'd let you all know. No new stuff from me for at least a month and a half... Maybe not ever. I'm losing my taste for this kind of thing. It's not fun anymore. ]]> ~distemper http://distemper.deviantart.com/journal/5123828/ http://distemper.deviantart.com/journal/5123828/ Mon, 18 Apr 2005 18:45:07 PDT
Honestly, I like them a lot because they give you a good sense of what it's like to hang out with her.

That being said, they are certainly different from the photos I took of other models.

Oh, and I should also note how cool Kelsea is. I was grumbling about how I wanted to do something similar to a favorite photographer of mine but couldn't pull it off. Kelsea suggested that I do my own thing and do it well enough that the photographer in question would want to mimick my style.

I dunno, I just thought it was super sweet of her and highly supportive. And that's pretty much how she is.

The new stuff is...
Kelsea - Relaxed
Kelsea - Prepping
Angles
Maybe Coffee Will Wake Me Up
Britface! ]]> ~distemper http://distemper.deviantart.com/journal/4723270/ http://distemper.deviantart.com/journal/4723270/ Thu, 03 Mar 2005 21:08:44 PST
This has really made my day. *big grin*

Oh, and the model is Eliza Gauger. Her DA account is here ([link]). Go check her stuff out, she's a very talented artist and model. ]]> ~distemper http://distemper.deviantart.com/journal/4410718/ http://distemper.deviantart.com/journal/4410718/ Tue, 25 Jan 2005 11:28:32 PST
Law school is still kicking my ass, so I don't have a lot of time to take photos. I'm supposed to take a series of shots for a friend of mine's wedding, which should be interesting. Never done anything like that before. If the results are good I might share them.

I'm seeing someone currently who is rather gorgeous and has an interesting blend of latin and german features. I think I might try to convince her to pose for me eventually.

Unfortunately, I don't have access to any models, nor do I know many people around here that I'd be interested in photographing, so I haven't done much work lately. Maybe that will change. We'll just have to wait and see.

Of course, this is all contingent on me having the time to photograph stuff. Stupid law school. ]]> ~distemper http://distemper.deviantart.com/journal/3808613/ http://distemper.deviantart.com/journal/3808613/ Thu, 11 Nov 2004 10:11:20 PST
Halo 2 should NOT have ended there.

O
M
G

I'm pretty sure this is a cunning ploy. They'll probably release a bunch of downloadable levels, not to mention the end of the bloody game, via Live in 3 months or so. Why? Because it will spur on Live subscriptions and their sales.

Seriously, though. Worst. Ending. Evar.

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I have a lot of watchers and I'm wondering if I should stuff my new and experimental stuff in a different acct and leave this one strictly for photographing pretty people. Any thoughts? ]]> ~distemper http://distemper.deviantart.com/journal/3510020/ http://distemper.deviantart.com/journal/3510020/ Mon, 04 Oct 2004 10:55:33 PDT ~distemper http://distemper.deviantart.com/journal/3498547/ http://distemper.deviantart.com/journal/3498547/ Sat, 02 Oct 2004 21:14:44 PDT ]]> ~distemper http://distemper.deviantart.com/journal/3135788/ http://distemper.deviantart.com/journal/3135788/ Sun, 15 Aug 2004 22:34:14 PDT
Side note: This isn't a shameless ploy for compliments and I'm not doing the "I think I suck and I'm quitting" thing. I'm just evaluating what I'm doing with my life and where my time and money is going, and I'm wondering what I should keep and what I should drop. So I'd really like your honest opinions. ]]> ~distemper http://distemper.deviantart.com/journal/3000885/ http://distemper.deviantart.com/journal/3000885/ Fri, 30 Jul 2004 01:57:20 PDT
If you're in the Portland area, by the way, and feel like modelling... please let me know.. ]]> ~distemper http://distemper.deviantart.com/journal/2647679/ http://distemper.deviantart.com/journal/2647679/ Sun, 13 Jun 2004 00:45:02 PDT
The director kept forgetting when Riddick needed his goggles (ie, anytime anything as bright as a flashlight was in front of him) and had him putting them on and taking them off arbitrarily.

He also failed to realize that 700 degree heat DOES go inside a hangar when the door is open, regardless of whether or not you're in the damn shade.

AND he failed to realize that planets spin pretty fucking fast. Can't remember how fast right now and given that I feel like my brain has turned to mush after that movie, I shouldn't guess. But regardless, they spin faster than Carl Louis can run.

Oh yeah, and he didn't let us know what the significance of the knife was so we were all "... wtf?"

Also: Kiera, while cute, can't act for shit.

God, there were so many awful things in that damn movie. Way to rip off Conan and Dune and still manage to fuck it all up guys.

How did they take such a good start (especially for a B movie) and turn the sequel into a high budget monstrocity? I think I'd rather see Phantom Menace again. ]]> ~distemper http://distemper.deviantart.com/journal/2447077/ http://distemper.deviantart.com/journal/2447077/ Mon, 17 May 2004 10:01:21 PDT obscene amount. I've also played videogames at a nearly obsessive rate. All the things I've abandoned (which is everything except for law) are finally available to me again. Everything is super exciting to do simply because it isn't law. *laugh*

However, the other day I got a taste of why I'm doing this. We were hanging out and decided, on the spur of the moment, to fly to the coast for the afternoon. Yeah, fly. So we got in a friend of mine's plane and headed down there. Half-way there I started to realize how much of a toffy thing that was to do and laughed to myself. Yeah, law school is hell but it has some amazing perks.

Being a research assistant involves me going through 1700 SEC Arbitration cases. It is pretty mindnumbing work, but once this project is over Prof Johnson promises that I'll have a much more interesting job to work on.

I've been going through old Vogue pictures and I think that is the direction I'm going to be going with my photos as soon as I find a model who will fit the look. The composition and lighting in those old photos is outstanding.

Anyway, so that is what I've been up to. ]]> ~distemper http://distemper.deviantart.com/journal/2323213/ http://distemper.deviantart.com/journal/2323213/ Thu, 29 Apr 2004 10:43:29 PDT
I have a few ideas, and once I'm finished with finals I'll begin research and preparation, but if you have anything you'd like to see me do, I'm totally open to suggestions. ]]> ~distemper http://distemper.deviantart.com/journal/2121733/ http://distemper.deviantart.com/journal/2121733/ Wed, 31 Mar 2004 10:12:58 PST I may or may not go to summer classes, depending on the hours Prof Johnson can give me. She'll know a little later after she meets with Dean Spence.

Who's seriously proud and excited? That's right. Me. I'm a 1L and I've managed to land paid work for a Professor who is researching law in my chosen field! Who wants to touch me?

I SAID WHO WANTS TO TOUCH ME!?! ]]> ~distemper http://distemper.deviantart.com/journal/2074801/ http://distemper.deviantart.com/journal/2074801/ Wed, 24 Mar 2004 09:49:13 PST
Like a ninja or something. ]]> ~distemper http://distemper.deviantart.com/journal/2004375/ http://distemper.deviantart.com/journal/2004375/ Sat, 13 Mar 2004 11:35:20 PST
For my free time (when I can make free time) I've been reading various photoshop tutorials or watching occasional video tutorial (since I have no idea what I'm doing)... oh and I've been playing Tenchu on my xbox (which is cool as hell).

So anyway, does anyone have any recommended tutorials for a no-talent hack like myself? ]]> ~distemper http://distemper.deviantart.com/journal/1950045/ http://distemper.deviantart.com/journal/1950045/ Thu, 04 Mar 2004 09:03:25 PST [link] > Feb > Photography Division in that order. There are some weird web issues for some reason... but there you go.

I've been awake for about 48 hours working on the Appellate Brief. It is due in 2 hours and isn't done. I'm about ready to die. ]]> ~distemper http://distemper.deviantart.com/journal/1932923/ http://distemper.deviantart.com/journal/1932923/ Mon, 01 Mar 2004 11:56:29 PST
So don't be suprised if you don't see anything new for a while, or if (because I stupidly decide to post) that it doesn't have the same umph that my stuff usually does.

This weekend sucked. ]]> ~distemper http://distemper.deviantart.com/journal/1909935/ http://distemper.deviantart.com/journal/1909935/ Thu, 26 Feb 2004 13:06:43 PST
I'm going to try my best to get some work done this weekend on my photos but I can make no promises.

The exhaustion is overwhelming. ]]> ~distemper http://distemper.deviantart.com/journal/1891840/ http://distemper.deviantart.com/journal/1891840/ Sun, 22 Feb 2004 22:03:20 PST ~distemper http://distemper.deviantart.com/journal/1875522/ http://distemper.deviantart.com/journal/1875522/ Fri, 20 Feb 2004 00:03:56 PST
I would post my ideas, but it would ruin the suprise. Rest assured they'll be weird and, hopefully, pretty.

So... um... stay tuned.

Also, thanks to everyone for all the attention and watches. Especially to my first DevWatcher, Elysianqueen who has been with me right from the start! ]]> ~distemper http://distemper.deviantart.com/journal/1860302/ http://distemper.deviantart.com/journal/1860302/ Tue, 17 Feb 2004 09:46:40 PST
...

A lot of people attack poetry based on things they read on E2, Livejournal, and DA. I say that a lot of what you read in places like that isn't really poetry.

Imagine you have never played an instrument in your life. Suddenly, you get a Sax. You think to yourself "Hey! I've got a sax here, now I'm a musician." Yet, you are so green you don't even know how to put a reed on the instrument. So you watch other saxophonists and figure out that if you put the reed on after wetting it first in your mouth, then blow into the mouthpiece and press some keys, sounds will come out of the bell. Pretty damn neat for someone who's never played. However, I ask you this question...

Does this make that person a saxophonist?

Does it even make this person a musician? I would say no. This person has the potential, like we all do, to learn how to play with training. But with very few exceptions, no one can pick up an instrument and just play it. Not even something rudimentary like Three Blind Mice. Most likely what you will get a bunch of squeaking and a lot of displeased listeners.

Now most of what a lot of people have seen on places like DA is the poetic equivalent of that unfortunate saxophonist. They have discovered a term "Free verse". They have also discovered that they can hold a pen in their hands and write words. But writing words in free verse is no more poetry than the untrained squeaking of that green saxophonist.

People condemn modern poetry and say that most of it sucks because of what they read from people who are not really poets. They feel that good poets are in the minority and largely in the past. To an untrained and uneducated (in poetry) reader these squeaking and painful collection of words might appear to be poetry. However, I would say they are not. This is why many readers think that the 18th century had better poems, but what they don't realize is that they are reading the cream of the crop and that most of the poetry of that era was just as bad as the stuff we see on DA. If I were to ask one of these people to explain to me what a masculine ending was, what a spondee was, what anapest is, they wouldn't be able to tell me. That is because they are untrained. Just like the new saxophonist wouldn't be able to circular breathe and then play in the altissimo register.

So what does make someone a poet and not a poser?

There are several things that come into this. These rules are identical in all art. After a while you discover that there is very little difference between all art, regardless of whether it is visual, written, performed, or played.

The first is training. There is no way to get around this. You need to be trained in your art. This can be self training, but you need to know the rules of what you are doing. You should be able to follow those rules by heart if needs be. You need to understand why they are there and what they do to enhance the art. Later you can break those rules if you understand them well but it takes a lot of skill and talent to break them. You need to understand a rule and have a reason before you break it.

Second, is a big one. Talent. There needs to be something in you that manifests in this form of art. 50% of all can be taught. The other 50% cannot. Talent is a big part of that. Either you bond with the art or you don't. Either you can see, or you can't. It's not fair, but what is?

Third is the biggest one out there. Tension. All art is formed on tension. All of it. If you take a picture you are trying to create tension between the objects in frame. If you are writing a play, you are looking to create tension between characters. If you are writing a song, you use syncopation to create tension in the music. This is no different for poetry. Every poem should have an innate tension that grabs the reader and holds her until you are finished. If you have done your job correctly you can affect your audience's pulse, emotions, body temperature, etc. This tension is incredibly powerful. It marks the difference between someone telling you that it was "very nice" and someone throwing you down a fucking you because you made them lose control.

Fourth, you need to read what other talented writers are writing. You need to live in your art. 90% of your training is going to come from imitation. Most posers read only their own stuff or they only read w... ]]> ~distemper http://distemper.deviantart.com/journal/1854836/ http://distemper.deviantart.com/journal/1854836/ Mon, 16 Feb 2004 10:21:01 PST
I've got, at least count, 171 watchers. Chances are many of you will see this journal entry. So please shoot me a link to your favorite piece. I'll try to comment on it within a week. I'm a law student, so please be patient, though.

Second, I'm looking to join an art group. I REALLY want to join an art group. I've got ideas for shoots and whatnot, but they're within my comfort zone. I'd like to join a group where I get an assignment and actually, you know, have to be creative. GASP!

So yeah, if you have any suggestions I'd love to hear them.

Also, if you think I should get involved in the community in any other way please let me know. I've got nearly 13k page views, so I guess I'm no longer the new kid on the block and I should start helping out more around here.

...

So there. ]]> ~distemper http://distemper.deviantart.com/journal/1822949/ http://distemper.deviantart.com/journal/1822949/ Tue, 10 Feb 2004 11:29:58 PST
[link]

(I'm pretty bloody excited about that, if you couldn't tell.)

THANKS! ]]> ~distemper http://distemper.deviantart.com/journal/1790778/ http://distemper.deviantart.com/journal/1790778/ Thu, 05 Feb 2004 08:28:14 PST
Honestly, I think it is very easy to take a photograph of a beautiful woman. You just have to look through the lens and see her. To me it seems that photography is simply showing other people the way you see the world. I dunno, so that's all I do.

These photographs, especially the photographs of people, radiate (at least I think they radiate) how I feel about those people and how I saw them in my minds eye.

So anyway, never taken a class. I'd like to someday because one can only get so far without an education in the art he practices.

If you have any advice on anything, please let me know. I'm just doing this largely off instinct right now. ]]> ~distemper http://distemper.deviantart.com/journal/1605076/ http://distemper.deviantart.com/journal/1605076/ Tue, 30 Dec 2003 18:55:52 PST ~distemper http://distemper.deviantart.com/journal/1335762/ http://distemper.deviantart.com/journal/1335762/ Wed, 29 Oct 2003 08:32:38 PST
Should anyone want larger version for personal use, buy a print and send me a note stating what print you bought and when, and I'll send you a larger version you can use. ]]> ~distemper http://distemper.deviantart.com/journal/1267186/ http://distemper.deviantart.com/journal/1267186/ Sun, 12 Oct 2003 12:20:31 PDT
Today I am profitable. I sold enough prints on my DAPrints account to offset the startup cost. I know, 30 bucks is nothing. However! To me it is everything because it means that people like my stuff enough to want to display it in their homes!

You see, I feel like I'm a no-talent-hack with a camera and a pretty model most of the time. But knowing that someone liked my stuff enough to want to buy prints makes me feel like I might be doing something right with this machine.

I dont know, I just think it is really exciting and thought I would share it with anyone who happened to come across my page. ]]> ~distemper http://distemper.deviantart.com/journal/1189661/ http://distemper.deviantart.com/journal/1189661/ Sun, 21 Sep 2003 23:51:10 PDT ~distemper http://distemper.deviantart.com/journal/661592/ http://distemper.deviantart.com/journal/661592/ Sat, 26 Apr 2003 13:33:28 PDT
I'm sure I'll have some very angry Watchers as they get flooded by pics they've already seen, but I'll make sure to make them look a lot better. I'm even rescanning them all, since I've got a better scanner now.

The upside of this is that I've got a DA Prints account now, and as I put the new pics in I'm submitting them to be available for sale. So as each picture is approved, you'll be able to buy them.

Please buy them. ]]> ~distemper http://distemper.deviantart.com/journal/661122/ http://distemper.deviantart.com/journal/661122/ Sat, 26 Apr 2003 10:59:43 PDT
I'm sure I'll have some very angry Watchers as they get flooded by pics they've already seen, but I'll make sure to make them look a lot better. I'm even rescanning them all, since I've got a better scanner now. ]]> ~distemper http://distemper.deviantart.com/journal/531856/ http://distemper.deviantart.com/journal/531856/ Sat, 08 Mar 2003 11:05:37 PST
Anyway! Thanks for your patience, my watchers. I try to update and take photos whenever I can afford it, and I have another shoot with Zee and her friend Jecca coming up next week, so there should be more pretty girls for you to look at in the near future.

I'll try to boost my submissions to a more regular interval. Or would you rather I only submit one photo a day, or something like that, rather than posting an entire series in a single day?

Well, let me know what you'd prefer. ]]> ~distemper http://distemper.deviantart.com/journal/437247/ http://distemper.deviantart.com/journal/437247/ Sat, 11 Jan 2003 22:03:55 PST ~distemper http://distemper.deviantart.com/journal/411549/ http://distemper.deviantart.com/journal/411549/ Fri, 27 Dec 2002 15:55:16 PST ~distemper http://distemper.deviantart.com/journal/399993/ http://distemper.deviantart.com/journal/399993/ Thu, 19 Dec 2002 21:26:20 PST ~distemper http://distemper.deviantart.com/journal/397841/ http://distemper.deviantart.com/journal/397841/ Wed, 18 Dec 2002 14:10:30 PST
But I was wondering if I should resub the original, unphotoshopped images. The only change you'd see is a cheap black background in the back and maybe a little less rough edges on the model.

Also, what kind of shoot do you think I should do next? I'm still exploring and trying to find my own voice in photography. Do you have any requests or suggestions for new shoots?

Thanks for all the wonderful comments, guys. ]]> ~distemper http://distemper.deviantart.com/journal/396753/ http://distemper.deviantart.com/journal/396753/ Tue, 17 Dec 2002 18:55:15 PST ~distemper http://distemper.deviantart.com/journal/396373/ http://distemper.deviantart.com/journal/396373/ Tue, 17 Dec 2002 14:43:31 PST ~distemper http://distemper.deviantart.com/journal/378659/ http://distemper.deviantart.com/journal/378659/ Fri, 06 Dec 2002 10:16:16 PST
I really hate bad poetry. Well, unless it is written by 12 year old goths. Then it's just pure comedy. ]]> ~distemper http://distemper.deviantart.com/journal/378658/ http://distemper.deviantart.com/journal/378658/ Fri, 06 Dec 2002 10:16:10 PST
I really hate bad poetry. Well, unless it is written by 12 year old goths. Then it's just pure comedy. ]]> ~distemper http://distemper.deviantart.com/journal/355244/ http://distemper.deviantart.com/journal/355244/ Thu, 21 Nov 2002 13:22:26 PST
And as an added note of weirdness, one of my pics has a -1 fav. I dont know how the hell /that/ happened. ]]> ~distemper http://distemper.deviantart.com/journal/325507/ http://distemper.deviantart.com/journal/325507/ Thu, 31 Oct 2002 10:23:28 PST ~distemper http://distemper.deviantart.com/journal/322916/ http://distemper.deviantart.com/journal/322916/ Tue, 29 Oct 2002 09:33:30 PST ~distemper http://distemper.deviantart.com/journal/305888/ http://distemper.deviantart.com/journal/305888/ Tue, 15 Oct 2002 18:12:57 PDT ~distemper http://distemper.deviantart.com/journal/305493/ http://distemper.deviantart.com/journal/305493/ Tue, 15 Oct 2002 13:06:13 PDT
And now I'm going to eat a sandwich.

AND YOU CANT STOP ME! ]]> ~distemper http://distemper.deviantart.com/journal/305392/ http://distemper.deviantart.com/journal/305392/ Tue, 15 Oct 2002 11:43:24 PDT Kinda pissed here, folks. ]]> ~distemper http://distemper.deviantart.com/journal/305370/ http://distemper.deviantart.com/journal/305370/ Tue, 15 Oct 2002 11:30:13 PDT
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