http://search.deviantart.com/?q=gallery:halohid/135234&section= deviantART RSS for gallery:halohid/135234 en-us Copyright 2013, deviantART.com Thu, 23 May 2013 23:31:00 PDT deviantART.com http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://st.deviantart.net/minish/widgets/apple-touch-icon-precomposed.png http://halohid.deviantart.com/art/November-to-January-371131714 http://halohid.deviantart.com/art/November-to-January-371131714 Sat, 11 May 2013 20:18:51 PDT November to January nonadult literature/prose/nonfiction/letters Halohid http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/h/a/halohid.jpg Copyright 2013 ~Halohid
This is something I've been doing for a few years now: when I complete a journal, I go through and put together a document of extracts from it. It is sort of a record for me of where I was and what I was doing and thinking in that time. Between November 2012 and January 2013 (the time this journal spans) I was writing a play called Unicorn about two children coming to understand death and then, in late December, my own beloved Grandmother, for whom I was a primary carer, received a perforation in her bowel during surgery and died. This journal ended up being all about her death placed against the fictitious deaths in my play. With my family's permission, I am sharing it with you here. If you have lost someone recently, I am sorry for your loss and proceed with caution. It is a tough read. It was a tough write also but it was a labour of love and this is one of the most precious things I have ever written. I'll post an accompanying photo shortly. ]]>
-Unicorn, driving to Kit’s father’s funeral (a bit that was cut)
KIT  We paused for three hours for mum to nap with her head lolling back against the seat.  Without the car engine, the landscape was filled with the loudest silence I’d ever heard.  Insects and tiny creatures, seduced each other with chirrups and pheromones.  It was a sex-filled night.  A virile night. Two dark little rodent things chased each other across the car bonnet, their rice-grain claws sounded like the world’s tiniest rainfall on a tiny tin roof.  They fell off the edge in a bundle of fur and squeaking ]]>
This is something I've been doing for a few years now: when I complete a journal, I go through and put together a document of extracts from it. It is sort of a record for me of where I was and what I was doing and thinking in that time. Between November 2012 and January 2013 (the time this journal spans) I was writing a play called Unicorn about two children coming to understand death and then, in late December, my own beloved Grandmother, for whom I was a primary carer, received a perforation in her bowel during surgery and died. This journal ended up being all about her death placed against the fictitious deaths in my play. With my family's permission, I am sharing it with you here. If you have lost someone recently, I am sorry for your loss and proceed with caution. It is a tough read. It was a tough write also but it was a labour of love and this is one of the most precious things I have ever written. I'll post an accompanying photo shortly. ]]> http://halohid.deviantart.com/art/Disappearing-362772084 http://halohid.deviantart.com/art/Disappearing-362772084 Sun, 31 Mar 2013 17:48:14 PDT Disappearing adult photography/people/selfportrait Halohid http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/h/a/halohid.jpg Copyright 2013 ~Halohid
A self-portrait. ]]>
A self-portrait.

]]> http://halohid.deviantart.com/art/Now-for-the-violins-370017910 http://halohid.deviantart.com/art/Now-for-the-violins-370017910 Mon, 06 May 2013 03:46:37 PDT Now for the violins adult photography/people/nude Halohid http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/h/a/halohid.jpg Copyright 2013 ~Halohid jennipenny
Edit: ~AlexanderB
Model: Your host

This makes me exceptionally happy. If you don't know Alexander's work.... well I'm not sure how I want to finish that sentence but it would probably involve me slapping you. Go and see what he does and be ready to be delighted, moved and inspired. Thank you so much, Alexander for this beautiful edit on this lovely old shot.

Also, go and have a look at this: [link] It is the trailer for a show of mine, opening on Saturday. The trailer is by ~eckyducky (Sarah Walker) and Roderick Cairns. They filmed for 9 hours to create this stunning stop-motion trailer. I have a very talented theatre company. I am a ridiculously lucky playwright. If you are in Melbourne, we'd love to have you along. The show is beautiful and has received outstanding reviews in all four states it has played in. Here are a few of them:

"Amid the hurly burly of a Fringe Festival, and well away from the sequins and feathers in the big tents, it's often the little solo shows that sneak up on you that you remember most…Add Insomnia Cat Came to Stay to the list, an unusual, bravely staged play (tightly directed by Danny Delahunty)… features a compelling performance by the actor and singer Joanne Sutton and brilliant animation by Thomas Russell… The outstanding technical quality of the show, Russell's low-fi animation… and the stylish original music of Roderick Cairns, elevate the show to impressive heights"
(The West Australian)

“The only words for Fleur Kilpatrick’s Insomnia Cat Came To Stay are beautifully artistic and poetic… cleverly simple and delicately magical… Joanne Sutton is absolutely extraordinary… positively brilliant in the role… Danny Delahunty has directed every technical element to be close to perfection… The show is nothing short of stunning and vibrantly funny”
(Aussietheatre.com.au)

"It’s not often you leave a theatre show feeling that what you’ve seen has actually had an impact on you. Then you see a show like Fleur Kilpatrick and Danny Delahunty’s Insomnia Cat Came To Stay and you’re reminded again of the power that theatre can have in awakening your senses… Kilpatrick’s text spirals and swirls inside our heads, it scatters and falls, not soft and lulling but as sharp as daggers… As a performer, Sutton has an intoxicating essence… It’s quirky as hell, but it is also skilful and delivered with passion"
(ayoungertheatre.com)

"The stream-of-consciousness-style writing of this piece is exquisite, and seemed to resonate strongly with the audience… Joanne Sutton… performs her hour-long monologue without a stumble, and with a fantastic sense of realism. Her singing voice is powerful and emotive… All aspects of design – the lighting, the wardrobe and the stage dressing, all work simply and harmoniously and add to the text of the show…The flawless consistency of the numerous, complex elements of this production shows that director Danny Delahunty has done excellent work. His [direction] is incredibly artful… As a whole, this show is incredibly cohesive and satisfying… This show will stay with you long after its end"
(Theatreguide.com.au) ]]> jennipenny
Edit: ~AlexanderB
Model: Your host

This makes me exceptionally happy. If you don't know Alexander's work.... well I'm not sure how I want to finish that sentence but it would probably involve me slapping you. Go and see what he does and be ready to be delighted, moved and inspired. Thank you so much, Alexander for this beautiful edit on this lovely old shot.

Also, go and have a look at this: [link] It is the trailer for a show of mine, opening on Saturday. The trailer is by ~eckyducky (Sarah Walker) and Roderick Cairns. They filmed for 9 hours to create this stunning stop-motion trailer. I have a very talented theatre company. I am a ridiculously lucky playwright. If you are in Melbourne, we'd love to have you along. The show is beautiful and has received outstanding reviews in all four states it has played in. Here are a few of them:

"Amid the hurly burly of a Fringe Festival, and well away from the sequins and feathers in the big tents, it's often the little solo shows that sneak up on you that you remember most…Add Insomnia Cat Came to Stay to the list, an unusual, bravely staged play (tightly directed by Danny Delahunty)… features a compelling performance by the actor and singer Joanne Sutton and brilliant animation by Thomas Russell… The outstanding technical quality of the show, Russell's low-fi animation… and the stylish original music of Roderick Cairns, elevate the show to impressive heights"
(The West Australian)

“The only words for Fleur Kilpatrick’s Insomnia Cat Came To Stay are beautifully artistic and poetic… cleverly simple and delicately magical… Joanne Sutton is absolutely extraordinary… positively brilliant in the role… Danny Delahunty has directed every technical element to be close to perfection… The show is nothing short of stunning and vibrantly funny”
(Aussietheatre.com.au)

"It’s not often you leave a theatre show feeling that what you’ve seen has actually had an impact on you. Then you see a show like Fleur Kilpatrick and Danny Delahunty’s Insomnia Cat Came To Stay and you’re reminded again of the power that theatre can have in awakening your senses… Kilpatrick’s text spirals and swirls inside our heads, it scatters and falls, not soft and lulling but as sharp as daggers… As a performer, Sutton has an intoxicating essence… It’s quirky as hell, but it is also skilful and delivered with passion"
(ayoungertheatre.com)

"The stream-of-consciousness-style writing of this piece is exquisite, and seemed to resonate strongly with the audience… Joanne Sutton… performs her hour-long monologue without a stumble, and with a fantastic sense of realism. Her singing voice is powerful and emotive… All aspects of design – the lighting, the wardrobe and the stage dressing, all work simply and harmoniously and add to the text of the show…The flawless consistency of the numerous, complex elements of this production shows that director Danny Delahunty has done excellent work. His [direction] is incredibly artful… As a whole, this show is incredibly cohesive and satisfying… This show will stay with you long after its end"
(Theatreguide.com.au)

]]> http://halohid.deviantart.com/art/The-soul-has-bandaged-moments-369011065 http://halohid.deviantart.com/art/The-soul-has-bandaged-moments-369011065 Wed, 01 May 2013 05:48:14 PDT The soul has bandaged moments nonadult photography/people/selfportrait Halohid http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/h/a/halohid.jpg Copyright 2013 ~Halohid
Amazingly, I'll have some non-oldies to share with you soon. I actually did my first shoot in years last weekend. It involved a goat. And a chicken. And thousands of dollars worth of clothes. I surprised myself by really enjoying it. ]]>
Amazingly, I'll have some non-oldies to share with you soon. I actually did my first shoot in years last weekend. It involved a goat. And a chicken. And thousands of dollars worth of clothes. I surprised myself by really enjoying it.

]]> http://halohid.deviantart.com/art/A-moment-368109480 http://halohid.deviantart.com/art/A-moment-368109480 Fri, 26 Apr 2013 23:46:04 PDT A moment adult literature/scripts/monologue/drama Halohid http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/h/a/halohid.jpg Copyright 2013 ~Halohid
Also, have one more video of us singing drunk harmonies. This is a very short but rather lovely one. Steal Away. [link] ]]>
Also, have one more video of us singing drunk harmonies. This is a very short but rather lovely one. Steal Away. [link] ]]> http://halohid.deviantart.com/art/Impossibility-365552418 http://halohid.deviantart.com/art/Impossibility-365552418 Sat, 13 Apr 2013 19:22:40 PDT Impossibility adult photography/conceptual Halohid http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/h/a/halohid.jpg Copyright 2013 ~Halohid DalaiHarma! We shot this yeeeears ago and forgot about it but I just found this last night and she was nice enough to edit it up for me. It is actually from the same shoot as this: [link] This was mid-washing the liquid eyeliner off.

Photography, makeup, hair: ~DalaiHarma

Model: Your host. ]]> DalaiHarma! We shot this yeeeears ago and forgot about it but I just found this last night and she was nice enough to edit it up for me. It is actually from the same shoot as this: [link] This was mid-washing the liquid eyeliner off.

Photography, makeup, hair: ~DalaiHarma

Model: Your host.

]]> http://halohid.deviantart.com/art/Meat-365381063 http://halohid.deviantart.com/art/Meat-365381063 Sat, 13 Apr 2013 00:12:23 PDT Meat nonadult literature/prose/fiction/general/shortstory Halohid http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/h/a/halohid.jpg Copyright 2013 ~Halohid
Also, may I share my current favourite poem? It includes the line 'all fuckable mischief'. What could possibly go wrong? Nothing. That's what. Go and check it out. It will blow your mind. [link] ]]>
Striking it again and again.
What started as a smooth arch, a regular pulse of her hand, has become jagged.

Desperate.

Staccato.

She has tenderised the meat.  Now she is pulverising it.  Smoshing it into the marble bench top on which she is working.  Flecks of blood, specks of meat
fly with each thwack of the mallet.

It decorates the walls.

Textures the ceilings.

A sliver of it hangs from her haggard lip.

Another from her eyelash.

Now the implement is striking bare stone.  The flesh has disintegrated beneath her violence.  Outside the speckled window, the ocean is as blue as her eyes.  

- I’ll spell ]]>
Also, may I share my current favourite poem? It includes the line 'all fuckable mischief'. What could possibly go wrong? Nothing. That's what. Go and check it out. It will blow your mind. [link] ]]> http://halohid.deviantart.com/art/She-begins-She-ends-362612938 http://halohid.deviantart.com/art/She-begins-She-ends-362612938 Sun, 31 Mar 2013 00:30:32 PDT She begins. She ends. adult literature/scripts/monologue/drama Halohid http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/h/a/halohid.jpg Copyright 2013 ~Halohid
Enjoy. ]]>
I don’t know how to say this but but but in this light every hair on your body is glowing.  It is.  You are.  You look carved.  Planned like some artist created you for the sole purpose of being beautiful.  Designed the light - pointed the sun in your direction to catch you just like this - like you are now and I’m sorry, really I am.

I feel unworthy of that that artistry and when you focus on me - when you turn all your attention to me and expect me to scream and writhe under your hands - your tongue – your –

I’m sorry ]]>
Enjoy. ]]> http://halohid.deviantart.com/art/Laws-362422174 http://halohid.deviantart.com/art/Laws-362422174 Sat, 30 Mar 2013 04:02:00 PDT Laws nonadult literature/prose/fiction/general/shortstory Halohid http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/h/a/halohid.jpg Copyright 2013 ~Halohid
Very happy with everything I am doing. Very stressed but very satisfied. I do have a number of short (rather bizarre) stories that I'll post over the next little while. Stay tuned. I hope you enjoy them.

Hope you are all well and that the universe is pushing back in a beautiful, challenging and gentle way. ]]>
---

Harvey feels as if the soles of his feet are turning to stone.  His legs, his buttocks, every part of him in contact with the floor or the bed is becoming weightier and weightier.  His hand is so dense.  Packed with so much matter.  It is the universe before the Big Bang.  All that magnitude and matter compressed and compressed into the smallest of spaces. That is Harvey’s hand. He cannot lift it.

‘I’m not breathing properly.’

&l ]]>
Very happy with everything I am doing. Very stressed but very satisfied. I do have a number of short (rather bizarre) stories that I'll post over the next little while. Stay tuned. I hope you enjoy them.

Hope you are all well and that the universe is pushing back in a beautiful, challenging and gentle way. ]]> http://halohid.deviantart.com/art/Play-your-ukulele-naked-353179039 http://halohid.deviantart.com/art/Play-your-ukulele-naked-353179039 Fri, 08 Feb 2013 16:15:03 PST Play your ukulele naked adult photography/people/nude Halohid http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/h/a/halohid.jpg Copyright 2013 ~Halohid eckyducky. Follow her work at sarahwalkerphotos.com

I head back to Australia on Sunday. I can feel the panic just waiting to rise back up again. Oh well. It was good to stop being me for a short while.

This is lit with an iphone because Sarah is just that amazing. ]]> eckyducky. Follow her work at sarahwalkerphotos.com

I head back to Australia on Sunday. I can feel the panic just waiting to rise back up again. Oh well. It was good to stop being me for a short while.

This is lit with an iphone because Sarah is just that amazing.

]]> http://halohid.deviantart.com/art/The-camera-loves-you-baby-352645199 http://halohid.deviantart.com/art/The-camera-loves-you-baby-352645199 Tue, 05 Feb 2013 15:00:52 PST The camera loves you, baby. nonadult literature/scripts/monologue/drama Halohid http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/h/a/halohid.jpg Copyright 2013 ~Halohid


Okay. So. The language, eh?

Those of you who have been reading my journals recently have already seen a little bit of this play and will already be familiar with how I write this character, Emmy.

Yes, I have abandoned conventional spelling and punctuation for this character. No, this does not mean I do not know how to spell or use punctuation. I use both quite well. This is a play. A one woman show. And plays are meant to be spoken so this is all part of me experimenting with how best to communicate with the speaker/actor/director without writing a 'this is what you do' forward. This is about giving a character a really unique voice and, as you will see if you make it to the end, I write the other character, Peter, very differently.

I think that we need to accept that the English language does not live exclusively in museums and libraries but also on the internet, on tv, in playgrounds, on public transport, in drug dens, high schools, universities and in text messages. In each of those places it is different and in each mouth it is unique. It is something I've been really fascinated by of late and makes me see the poetry in the every day.

I hope you enjoyed it and sorry if it exploded your brain a little. I hope you will find the poetry inside it all. ]]>
I read dis story / dis article in some magazine once

was an interview wid a photographer / a guy I work with / an I was reading it cos my pic was used an dat was my first feature / first spread all printed up on paper an stuff  

I had dat mag for months bfor I read it / juss keeped on flickin it open an starin at me / at me own face an touchin da glossy paper like I couldn’t believe it were me / Emmy looking like some star / some big famous fuckin star but one day I sit down an read it / took me / took me  

took a long time

An he was sayin ho ]]>


Okay. So. The language, eh?

Those of you who have been reading my journals recently have already seen a little bit of this play and will already be familiar with how I write this character, Emmy.

Yes, I have abandoned conventional spelling and punctuation for this character. No, this does not mean I do not know how to spell or use punctuation. I use both quite well. This is a play. A one woman show. And plays are meant to be spoken so this is all part of me experimenting with how best to communicate with the speaker/actor/director without writing a 'this is what you do' forward. This is about giving a character a really unique voice and, as you will see if you make it to the end, I write the other character, Peter, very differently.

I think that we need to accept that the English language does not live exclusively in museums and libraries but also on the internet, on tv, in playgrounds, on public transport, in drug dens, high schools, universities and in text messages. In each of those places it is different and in each mouth it is unique. It is something I've been really fascinated by of late and makes me see the poetry in the every day.

I hope you enjoyed it and sorry if it exploded your brain a little. I hope you will find the poetry inside it all. ]]> http://halohid.deviantart.com/art/Blinded-351831975 http://halohid.deviantart.com/art/Blinded-351831975 Fri, 01 Feb 2013 11:10:30 PST Blinded adult photography/people/nude Halohid http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/h/a/halohid.jpg Copyright 2013 ~Halohid Syboro and I just re-discovered this and decided to share it.

Thank you to all who have been following my travel journals. I am having immense fun writing them and am so glad you are enjoying them. ]]> Syboro and I just re-discovered this and decided to share it.

Thank you to all who have been following my travel journals. I am having immense fun writing them and am so glad you are enjoying them.

]]> http://halohid.deviantart.com/art/On-death-children-and-dragons-346296614 http://halohid.deviantart.com/art/On-death-children-and-dragons-346296614 Wed, 02 Jan 2013 12:07:17 PST On death, children and dragons nonadult literature/scripts/skits/drama Halohid http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/h/a/halohid.jpg Copyright 2013 ~Halohid
The characters here are Kit at 13 and Alba at 11. I'm really loving writing these two. Writing children is fascinating, particularly writing these two, who aren't naive or innocent but are still very much children. Children talking about death.


A bit of help:

/ in a line means that the next character starts their line at that point, so both characters are speaking at once.

Stage directions are in italics.

A character's name with no lines means is a device I use to indicate that the character has a non-verbal moment and a further note on this, something I wrote in a comment is as follows:

That (the use of non-verbal moments) is actually quite a common technique (in theatre) these days. I first found it in Debbie Tucker-Green's play, Stoning Mary, from the Royal Court Theatre but have seen it around a lot now and appropriated it. I've been using it for a few years. I enjoy it because it gives the actor the power to decide what to make of it: it isn't a specified beat or pause but the actor has a non-verbal moment. Actors tend to love having little moments like this.

A couple of weeks ago, I met one of my favourite Australian playwrights, Daniel Keene. I was completely in awe of him because I'm a massive fan-girl but I managed to say a couple of coherent sentences. I had just finished directing two of his scripts out at Monash University and had had a lot of discussions with the students about how and why he didn't use punctuation. He ended up telling me was that his main reason was because it forced actors to make a choice: you couldn't read a single line without deciding how you were going to approach it. He said this made the text theirs from the very start and he is really big on actor-ownership of a text.

I liked that very much.

Just food for thought. I get very excited about things like punctuation in scripts and how you communicate through a script to actors.


A massive thank you to the two actors who are working on the development of this play, Penny Harpham and Alex McQueen. They are both completely amazing and very generous collaborators. This scene in particular was work-shopped a lot by them, using a lot of improvisation. ]]>
Kit:

Alba:  Kit.  Hey, Kit?

Kit:

Alba:  Kit!

Kit:  What?

Alba:  You know you're sitting on a dead person, right?

Kit:  Alba!

Alba:  What?

Kit:  Don't!  / Don't – I know, alright, I know!

Alba:  It's true!

Kit:  I know it's true!

Alba:  We're in a cemetery, Kit!

Kit:  I know!

Alba:  We're surrounded by dead people!

Kit:  I know!

Alba:  Hundreds and hundreds of them!  Dead and rotting –

Kit:  I know!

Alba:  Rotting or rotted!  Some of them have nothing left to rot.

Kit:  Yeah – yeah! – I know!

Alba:  Well I know you know!

Silence.

Alba:  There's hundreds and hundreds of us here and we're the only two alive ]]>
The characters here are Kit at 13 and Alba at 11. I'm really loving writing these two. Writing children is fascinating, particularly writing these two, who aren't naive or innocent but are still very much children. Children talking about death.


A bit of help:

/ in a line means that the next character starts their line at that point, so both characters are speaking at once.

Stage directions are in italics.

A character's name with no lines means is a device I use to indicate that the character has a non-verbal moment and a further note on this, something I wrote in a comment is as follows:

That (the use of non-verbal moments) is actually quite a common technique (in theatre) these days. I first found it in Debbie Tucker-Green's play, Stoning Mary, from the Royal Court Theatre but have seen it around a lot now and appropriated it. I've been using it for a few years. I enjoy it because it gives the actor the power to decide what to make of it: it isn't a specified beat or pause but the actor has a non-verbal moment. Actors tend to love having little moments like this.

A couple of weeks ago, I met one of my favourite Australian playwrights, Daniel Keene. I was completely in awe of him because I'm a massive fan-girl but I managed to say a couple of coherent sentences. I had just finished directing two of his scripts out at Monash University and had had a lot of discussions with the students about how and why he didn't use punctuation. He ended up telling me was that his main reason was because it forced actors to make a choice: you couldn't read a single line without deciding how you were going to approach it. He said this made the text theirs from the very start and he is really big on actor-ownership of a text.

I liked that very much.

Just food for thought. I get very excited about things like punctuation in scripts and how you communicate through a script to actors.


A massive thank you to the two actors who are working on the development of this play, Penny Harpham and Alex McQueen. They are both completely amazing and very generous collaborators. This scene in particular was work-shopped a lot by them, using a lot of improvisation. ]]> http://halohid.deviantart.com/art/No-words-343470045 http://halohid.deviantart.com/art/No-words-343470045 Tue, 18 Dec 2012 04:38:49 PST No words nonadult photography/conceptual Halohid http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/h/a/halohid.jpg Copyright 2012-2013 ~Halohid clandestine-wishes

Model and concept: your host

A week today I leave for England. I can not express how happy this makes me. I'm ready to be as far away as possible from my life.

This is an old photo! But I had ~clandestine-wishes shoot it for the book I self-published on the internet so I kept this one as a little added bonus. But enough time has past that I thought I would share it with you. I suddenly remembered it this week and it made me happy.

Enjoy. ]]> clandestine-wishes

Model and concept: your host

A week today I leave for England. I can not express how happy this makes me. I'm ready to be as far away as possible from my life.

This is an old photo! But I had ~clandestine-wishes shoot it for the book I self-published on the internet so I kept this one as a little added bonus. But enough time has past that I thought I would share it with you. I suddenly remembered it this week and it made me happy.

Enjoy.

]]> http://halohid.deviantart.com/art/So-it-goes-336170514 http://halohid.deviantart.com/art/So-it-goes-336170514 Sun, 04 Nov 2012 23:25:56 PST So it goes adult photography/people/selfportrait Halohid http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/h/a/halohid.jpg Copyright 2012-2013 ~Halohid
I just completed an epic grant application so decided to celebrate with a self-portrait to show you all how revolting my bed has got during this ridiculously flat out time.

For those playing at home on the bed at the moment are multiple blankets thrown to one side (because Melbourne's weather is a temperamental strumpet), piles of clothes, a history of 20th Century Europe, 'Where the wild things are', a towel, a box a scripts and my ukulele. Also, I feel someone will point out the bra marks so I'm just going to say now that I decided they suited the 'lived in' nature of the photo. This isn't a floating, ethereal nude. It just is.

So stuff has been full on and amazing and horrible and painful and hectic and beautiful and heart-breaking and mostly exhausting and sad.

The good news is that on December 25th I am heading over to the UK to spend two months with my sister and amazing niece, Rosie. I cannot begin to tell you how desperate I am for that day to come. I am ready to be a long way away from life.

If anyone knows of photographers who might like to drag me out of retirement whilst there, I will be very poor and very keen to make art for monies. I'll probably spend a bit of time in Paris also and may travel a little further afield.

(Those of you who live in Europe can't begin to know how strange the notion of popping into other countries for a day or two is to us Australians. To give you an idea, the UK would fit into Australia about 58 times so... we are a big, big country and leaving this place takes a fair bit of effort.)

Hope you are all doing well. Hope you're smiling a lot. Hope someone is holding you and saying 'it's okay'. Hope that you are looking out your window and enjoying the view. Hope your bed is warm and welcoming. Hope something exciting happens tomorrow and that you are in a place to welcome it with open arms. ]]>
I just completed an epic grant application so decided to celebrate with a self-portrait to show you all how revolting my bed has got during this ridiculously flat out time.

For those playing at home on the bed at the moment are multiple blankets thrown to one side (because Melbourne's weather is a temperamental strumpet), piles of clothes, a history of 20th Century Europe, 'Where the wild things are', a towel, a box a scripts and my ukulele. Also, I feel someone will point out the bra marks so I'm just going to say now that I decided they suited the 'lived in' nature of the photo. This isn't a floating, ethereal nude. It just is.

So stuff has been full on and amazing and horrible and painful and hectic and beautiful and heart-breaking and mostly exhausting and sad.

The good news is that on December 25th I am heading over to the UK to spend two months with my sister and amazing niece, Rosie. I cannot begin to tell you how desperate I am for that day to come. I am ready to be a long way away from life.

If anyone knows of photographers who might like to drag me out of retirement whilst there, I will be very poor and very keen to make art for monies. I'll probably spend a bit of time in Paris also and may travel a little further afield.

(Those of you who live in Europe can't begin to know how strange the notion of popping into other countries for a day or two is to us Australians. To give you an idea, the UK would fit into Australia about 58 times so... we are a big, big country and leaving this place takes a fair bit of effort.)

Hope you are all doing well. Hope you're smiling a lot. Hope someone is holding you and saying 'it's okay'. Hope that you are looking out your window and enjoying the view. Hope your bed is warm and welcoming. Hope something exciting happens tomorrow and that you are in a place to welcome it with open arms.

]]> http://halohid.deviantart.com/art/End-of-the-line-326346809 http://halohid.deviantart.com/art/End-of-the-line-326346809 Sun, 09 Sep 2012 17:34:50 PDT End of the line nonadult photography/people/selfportrait Halohid http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/h/a/halohid.jpg Copyright 2012-2013 ~Halohid

Anyway, since people seemed to enjoy the last photos I thought I would give you one other from this shoot.

I'm a week and a half away from opening a show I'm directing and two weeks away from opening a show I'm singing in so I'm pretty hectic. If anyone is in Melbourne, the one I am in is called Choir Girl [link] and it is on as part of the Melbourne Fringe. There is a full choir onstage (which I am part of) and is going to be completely hilarious. ]]>

Anyway, since people seemed to enjoy the last photos I thought I would give you one other from this shoot.

I'm a week and a half away from opening a show I'm directing and two weeks away from opening a show I'm singing in so I'm pretty hectic. If anyone is in Melbourne, the one I am in is called Choir Girl [link] and it is on as part of the Melbourne Fringe. There is a full choir onstage (which I am part of) and is going to be completely hilarious.

]]> http://halohid.deviantart.com/art/Thursday-Morning-326134248 http://halohid.deviantart.com/art/Thursday-Morning-326134248 Sat, 08 Sep 2012 18:23:41 PDT Thursday Morning nonadult photography/people/selfportrait Halohid http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/h/a/halohid.jpg Copyright 2012-2013 ~Halohid
It is shot with my wide-angle lense, hence the RIDICULOUSLY long foot, which entertained me greatly. But I do enjoy the shoulder-blades here.

Thanks to my ~eckyducky for selecting this one.

Edit: This edit is by one of my favourite artists here on DA, ~AlexanderB If you don't know his work.... well I'm not sure how I want to finish that sentence but it would probably involve me slapping you. Go and see what he does and be ready to be delighted, moved and inspired. Thank you so much, Alexander for this beautiful edit. ]]>
It is shot with my wide-angle lense, hence the RIDICULOUSLY long foot, which entertained me greatly. But I do enjoy the shoulder-blades here.

Thanks to my ~eckyducky for selecting this one.

Edit: This edit is by one of my favourite artists here on DA, ~AlexanderB If you don't know his work.... well I'm not sure how I want to finish that sentence but it would probably involve me slapping you. Go and see what he does and be ready to be delighted, moved and inspired. Thank you so much, Alexander for this beautiful edit.

]]> http://halohid.deviantart.com/art/Webbed-321077685 http://halohid.deviantart.com/art/Webbed-321077685 Tue, 14 Aug 2012 04:19:32 PDT Webbed nonadult literature/prose/fiction/humor/shortstory Halohid http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/h/a/halohid.jpg Copyright 2012-2013 ~Halohid
First off, many, many apologies to the people whose comments I am yet to reply to. So very flat out right now. I've recently cut down my work days from 7 days a week to 5 so at least I'm now approaching normal human hours but, considering how much time I have to spend preparing for the university class I'm teaching, it's still really a 7 day week. But I do apologise. I hate that everyone put in such effort and thought into commenting on my most recent journal and I haven't even found the time to respond.


Let this little thing of silliness serve as my apology gift. Just to show that I occasionally write humour. (Although I still have to kill things, even in comedy; what's a story without a bit of death?) I actually wrote this two weeks ago when a friend came around to cook us dinner. Yes, I have such lovely friends that they come to MY house to cook for my housemates and I. She supplied the food, I brought the wine and wrote this story which was served with the meal. She gave me a theme (which was 'spider-web') and I wrote this on the train home from work, one part of the story for each person, slipped under their plate with the entree.

Enjoy!

Now, back to work for me. ]]>
Her name was Mildred.  This was unusual.  Mildred had never met another bird named Mildred.  Come to think of it, Mildred had never met another bird named anything so perhaps the surprising thing here was that Mildred had a name at all.  As a general rule, all other birds were called 'That One Over There' or variations on this theme: 'That Big One Over There', 'That One On Her Nest Over There', 'That Bat-Shit Crazy One Over There', 'That One I Want To Fuck Over There' but Mildred had always been just 'Mildred', no locational clause required.  This was because Mildred had been born in a cage and, as a chick, had regularly been picked ]]>
First off, many, many apologies to the people whose comments I am yet to reply to. So very flat out right now. I've recently cut down my work days from 7 days a week to 5 so at least I'm now approaching normal human hours but, considering how much time I have to spend preparing for the university class I'm teaching, it's still really a 7 day week. But I do apologise. I hate that everyone put in such effort and thought into commenting on my most recent journal and I haven't even found the time to respond.


Let this little thing of silliness serve as my apology gift. Just to show that I occasionally write humour. (Although I still have to kill things, even in comedy; what's a story without a bit of death?) I actually wrote this two weeks ago when a friend came around to cook us dinner. Yes, I have such lovely friends that they come to MY house to cook for my housemates and I. She supplied the food, I brought the wine and wrote this story which was served with the meal. She gave me a theme (which was 'spider-web') and I wrote this on the train home from work, one part of the story for each person, slipped under their plate with the entree.

Enjoy!

Now, back to work for me. ]]> http://halohid.deviantart.com/art/The-Town-Was-Mad-316059500 http://halohid.deviantart.com/art/The-Town-Was-Mad-316059500 Sat, 21 Jul 2012 05:57:51 PDT The Town Was Mad nonadult photography/people/emotive Halohid http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/h/a/halohid.jpg Copyright 2012-2013 ~Halohid
My very dear friends, Roddy and Sarah *eckyducky

Incidentally, Sarah also shot in my room today and COMPLETELY stole the show. But I'm thrilled to have the show stolen in such a staggeringly beautiful way.

Anyway, many thanks to Hunter for lending us the fetish gear. Thanks also to Sarah, as I was shooting on her camera (for it is much better at low light than mine).

This is my version of fetish. Fluffier and smilier than the usual kind. Enjoy!

PS. Just to show you how pretentious I am, the title for this photo comes from Dylan Thomas. 'The Town Was Mad' was a possible title for 'Under Milk Wood' in the early stages of his planning. I think it makes a beautiful title. ]]>
My very dear friends, Roddy and Sarah *eckyducky

Incidentally, Sarah also shot in my room today and COMPLETELY stole the show. But I'm thrilled to have the show stolen in such a staggeringly beautiful way.

Anyway, many thanks to Hunter for lending us the fetish gear. Thanks also to Sarah, as I was shooting on her camera (for it is much better at low light than mine).

This is my version of fetish. Fluffier and smilier than the usual kind. Enjoy!

PS. Just to show you how pretentious I am, the title for this photo comes from Dylan Thomas. 'The Town Was Mad' was a possible title for 'Under Milk Wood' in the early stages of his planning. I think it makes a beautiful title.

]]> http://halohid.deviantart.com/art/Bridal-314581834 http://halohid.deviantart.com/art/Bridal-314581834 Fri, 13 Jul 2012 22:59:56 PDT Bridal nonadult photography/people/emotive Halohid http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/h/a/halohid.jpg Copyright 2012-2013 ~Halohid
After my recent self-portrait in my bed, I liked the light so much that I decided to do a series of various friends on my bed. Yes, not the most intellectual concept, I know but I appreciate good natural light and showing off how beautiful my friends are so... it's happening!

Enjoy. ]]>
After my recent self-portrait in my bed, I liked the light so much that I decided to do a series of various friends on my bed. Yes, not the most intellectual concept, I know but I appreciate good natural light and showing off how beautiful my friends are so... it's happening!

Enjoy.

]]> http://halohid.deviantart.com/art/Pig-310504613 http://halohid.deviantart.com/art/Pig-310504613 Sun, 24 Jun 2012 19:52:51 PDT Pig nonadult photography/people/emotive Halohid http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/h/a/halohid.jpg Copyright 2012-2013 ~Halohid
We discovered scrabble pieces and had a pretty entertaining time putting various words in our mouths. Very mature. ]]>
We discovered scrabble pieces and had a pretty entertaining time putting various words in our mouths. Very mature.

]]> http://halohid.deviantart.com/art/In-the-wintertime-307866832 http://halohid.deviantart.com/art/In-the-wintertime-307866832 Mon, 11 Jun 2012 21:53:01 PDT In the wintertime nonadult photography/people/selfportrait Halohid http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/h/a/halohid.jpg Copyright 2012-2013 ~Halohid

]]> http://halohid.deviantart.com/art/A-failed-self-portrait-307863090 http://halohid.deviantart.com/art/A-failed-self-portrait-307863090 Mon, 11 Jun 2012 21:26:51 PDT A failed self-portrait nonadult photography/nature/domestic Halohid http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/h/a/halohid.jpg Copyright 2012-2013 ~Halohid
Sappho is one of my housemates beautiful cats and I love that she loves my room so much. I enjoy her company a lot. ]]>
Sappho is one of my housemates beautiful cats and I love that she loves my room so much. I enjoy her company a lot.

]]> http://halohid.deviantart.com/art/F-is-for-Fucked-298149074 http://halohid.deviantart.com/art/F-is-for-Fucked-298149074 Tue, 24 Apr 2012 03:32:16 PDT 'F' is for 'Fucked' adult literature/prose/fiction/general/shortstory Halohid http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/h/a/halohid.jpg Copyright 2012-2013 ~Halohid
1. Yes, adult themes. Sorry about that but this story wanted to be written and then it wanted to be share.

2. This won't be up for long, as this is one that I am actually hoping to publish so I'll take it down in a few days but I would love to get your responses before I do!

3. It has been a long time, DA and for this I am sorry. A few of the things that have happened in this time include my show latest show having a show in both Melbourne and Adelaide, separating from my boyfriend of two years, moving out of the house that I shared with him and being homeless for two months. Th generosity of my friends during this time has been unbelievable and, while it has been really tough I have come through this feeling even more loved than I did before. I write this from my new room in my new house with my new housemate cooking downstairs.

4. This story is NOT autobiographical. Or, if it is, I like to think we have all experienced a few of these moments. The moments when you think sex is something that is meant to happen only to other people. I am a sex-positive feminist and whole-heartedly believe in and advocate people indulging in responsible, fun sex but sometimes this is easier said then done. I think we have all been Sylvie, sometimes just for a night or sometimes for years on end. If you are experiencing this right now, I really hope that you can take some comfort from this piece and know that you are one of many. I also hope that you find supportive friends to talk to as communication helps so much.

5. Please do not get offended. I have tried to handle this with the sensitivity and love I believe it deserves. I would love to hear from you on how you think it went but please keep comments clean. This isn't an invite for dirty talk and anyone who has been following me for a while knows that I can hold my own against the inappropriate commenters. Happy reading! ]]>
1. Yes, adult themes. Sorry about that but this story wanted to be written and then it wanted to be share.

2. This won't be up for long, as this is one that I am actually hoping to publish so I'll take it down in a few days but I would love to get your responses before I do!

3. It has been a long time, DA and for this I am sorry. A few of the things that have happened in this time include my show latest show having a show in both Melbourne and Adelaide, separating from my boyfriend of two years, moving out of the house that I shared with him and being homeless for two months. Th generosity of my friends during this time has been unbelievable and, while it has been really tough I have come through this feeling even more loved than I did before. I write this from my new room in my new house with my new housemate cooking downstairs.

4. This story is NOT autobiographical. Or, if it is, I like to think we have all experienced a few of these moments. The moments when you think sex is something that is meant to happen only to other people. I am a sex-positive feminist and whole-heartedly believe in and advocate people indulging in responsible, fun sex but sometimes this is easier said then done. I think we have all been Sylvie, sometimes just for a night or sometimes for years on end. If you are experiencing this right now, I really hope that you can take some comfort from this piece and know that you are one of many. I also hope that you find supportive friends to talk to as communication helps so much.

5. Please do not get offended. I have tried to handle this with the sensitivity and love I believe it deserves. I would love to hear from you on how you think it went but please keep comments clean. This isn't an invite for dirty talk and anyone who has been following me for a while knows that I can hold my own against the inappropriate commenters. Happy reading! ]]> http://halohid.deviantart.com/art/A-reminder-of-how-to-exist-282329983 http://halohid.deviantart.com/art/A-reminder-of-how-to-exist-282329983 Mon, 30 Jan 2012 03:42:36 PST A reminder of how to exist nonadult photography/people/emotive Halohid http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/h/a/halohid.jpg Copyright 2012-2013 ~Halohid eckyducky www.sarahwalkerphotos.com

Sometimes I write notes to remind myself of how to exist. Points if you can read them. ]]> eckyducky www.sarahwalkerphotos.com

Sometimes I write notes to remind myself of how to exist. Points if you can read them.

]]> http://halohid.deviantart.com/art/Splashed-282017328 http://halohid.deviantart.com/art/Splashed-282017328 Sat, 28 Jan 2012 13:41:31 PST Splashed nonadult darelated/deviantid Halohid http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/h/a/halohid.jpg Copyright 2012-2013 ~Halohid eckyducky www.sarahwalkerphotos.com

Back in June 2008 I posted this photo, also by *eckyducky:



A couple of days ago it was again hot, I was again with *eckyducky and again had covered my arm with writing so we decided to re-shoot.

This is the result.

Sorry for the silence. I'm making a shit load of theatre and it is really hard at the moment so it has my complete attention. I'm just about to run off to rehearsals.

I hope you are all well. Tell me about something you love. ]]> eckyducky www.sarahwalkerphotos.com

Back in June 2008 I posted this photo, also by *eckyducky:



A couple of days ago it was again hot, I was again with *eckyducky and again had covered my arm with writing so we decided to re-shoot.

This is the result.

Sorry for the silence. I'm making a shit load of theatre and it is really hard at the moment so it has my complete attention. I'm just about to run off to rehearsals.

I hope you are all well. Tell me about something you love.

]]> http://halohid.deviantart.com/art/Lion-s-share-277481107 http://halohid.deviantart.com/art/Lion-s-share-277481107 Tue, 03 Jan 2012 14:32:51 PST Lion's share nonadult photography/people/glamour Halohid http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/h/a/halohid.jpg Copyright 2012-2013 ~Halohid Halohid and ~DalaiHarma? Didn't see that coming, did you?

Photographer: The insanely talented, Harmony Nicholas aka: ~DalaiHarma

Model: Your host

Harmony Nicholas owns all rights to this photo so please do not steal it, manipulate it, put it on a t-shirt and try to sell it. (These things have all happened to her art in the past.)

Hope you are all going well and that 2012 is rocking so far. My year started in style with a drunk 19 year old named 'Dan' wandering into my house at 1.30am New Years Day while my friend and I were washing our feet in the bath. (That's right, we have hard core parties.) He wandered in, and shook our hands and then turned and wandered out again before collapsing on our door step so we ended up sort of carrying him home while he tried to grope my breast. His father was a bit surprised and (I think) naked. Either that or he was wearing very small underpants and was embarrassed. It made for a memorable start to 2012.

May your year be memorable, artistic, enriching and very, very fun.


PS. Yes, as a vegetarian of 21 years, I was pretty traumatised by cuddling up with the lion skin but she had been dead for over 50 years and was a former resident of the Adelaide Zoo who had died of natural causes. ]]> Halohid and ~DalaiHarma? Didn't see that coming, did you?

Photographer: The insanely talented, Harmony Nicholas aka: ~DalaiHarma

Model: Your host

Harmony Nicholas owns all rights to this photo so please do not steal it, manipulate it, put it on a t-shirt and try to sell it. (These things have all happened to her art in the past.)

Hope you are all going well and that 2012 is rocking so far. My year started in style with a drunk 19 year old named 'Dan' wandering into my house at 1.30am New Years Day while my friend and I were washing our feet in the bath. (That's right, we have hard core parties.) He wandered in, and shook our hands and then turned and wandered out again before collapsing on our door step so we ended up sort of carrying him home while he tried to grope my breast. His father was a bit surprised and (I think) naked. Either that or he was wearing very small underpants and was embarrassed. It made for a memorable start to 2012.

May your year be memorable, artistic, enriching and very, very fun.


PS. Yes, as a vegetarian of 21 years, I was pretty traumatised by cuddling up with the lion skin but she had been dead for over 50 years and was a former resident of the Adelaide Zoo who had died of natural causes.

]]> http://halohid.deviantart.com/art/Ink-wars-262950872 http://halohid.deviantart.com/art/Ink-wars-262950872 Tue, 11 Oct 2011 17:07:03 PDT Ink wars nonadult literature/prose/nonfiction/biographies/stories Halohid http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/h/a/halohid.jpg Copyright 2011-2013 ~Halohid
I am so nearly back with you. My show has finished (with outstanding reviews and great audiences in two cities so very, very happy) but I have a big deadline today. After that, should get easier and I'm planning to do some photography and short stories soon.

Thank you for your continued support and love.

Much appreciated.

xx ]]>
At the end of the day I appear to be not so much a writer as one who wrestles with pens in darkened rooms; one who blindly fights back and one who almost always loses.

My skin maps the course of the battle and it is held across the most improbable of terrains: hands, arms, thighs, stomach, neck, face and knees have all been ravaged by this inky war.

But I am glad that I write by hand.  For those who fight at keyboards, the only scars they leave with are red-rimmed eyes and aching backs.  Even when I lose the battle, I at least have a bruised, blackened body that tells me that I fought back. ]]>
I am so nearly back with you. My show has finished (with outstanding reviews and great audiences in two cities so very, very happy) but I have a big deadline today. After that, should get easier and I'm planning to do some photography and short stories soon.

Thank you for your continued support and love.

Much appreciated.

xx ]]> http://halohid.deviantart.com/art/Simply-258123256 http://halohid.deviantart.com/art/Simply-258123256 Mon, 12 Sep 2011 16:32:40 PDT Simply adult photography/people/nude Halohid http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/h/a/halohid.jpg Copyright 2011-2013 ~Halohid
Photographer: Your host

I don't usually post such simple art nudes but this one has stayed in the forefront of my mind for a couple of months now and has been asking to get an airing.

I hope you like it.

Hello to the new watchers, brought on my DD number something.

I have actually broken my tripod which is why the supply of self-portraits has stopped. It is pretty upsetting. ]]>
Photographer: Your host

I don't usually post such simple art nudes but this one has stayed in the forefront of my mind for a couple of months now and has been asking to get an airing.

I hope you like it.

Hello to the new watchers, brought on my DD number something.

I have actually broken my tripod which is why the supply of self-portraits has stopped. It is pretty upsetting.

]]> http://halohid.deviantart.com/art/Devolving-252757295 http://halohid.deviantart.com/art/Devolving-252757295 Sun, 14 Aug 2011 03:15:05 PDT Devolving nonadult photography/people/fashion Halohid http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/h/a/halohid.jpg Copyright 2011-2013 ~Halohid
Photographer: Jeff Paine

Model: A younger, fitter version of your host


I actually really wanted to post something mostly to suggest that, if you enjoy my writing, photos and random bits of my life, I now have a blog which I am planning to update reasonably regularly. My most recent entry on my part-time job, might explain a bit of why there has been so few photos lately. That said, rest assure, in other areas, my art is thriving.

Here is my blog:
[link]

I'll be posting extracts of new works there as well as journal entries, thoughts on art and photos.



Oh and who here is from the UK? I'm coming to visit your lovely country early next year. ]]>
Photographer: Jeff Paine

Model: A younger, fitter version of your host


I actually really wanted to post something mostly to suggest that, if you enjoy my writing, photos and random bits of my life, I now have a blog which I am planning to update reasonably regularly. My most recent entry on my part-time job, might explain a bit of why there has been so few photos lately. That said, rest assure, in other areas, my art is thriving.

Here is my blog:
[link]

I'll be posting extracts of new works there as well as journal entries, thoughts on art and photos.



Oh and who here is from the UK? I'm coming to visit your lovely country early next year.

]]> http://halohid.deviantart.com/art/And-she-is-always-gone-217836723 http://halohid.deviantart.com/art/And-she-is-always-gone-217836723 Mon, 11 Jul 2011 05:45:33 PDT And she is always gone nonadult photography/people/emotive Halohid http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/h/a/halohid.jpg Copyright 2011-2013 ~Halohid Photographer: Your host


That dress I found in an op-shop for $20. Makes me pretty happy. Usually it lives on my mannequin, Katie.

Random bit of background for you, Katie was my grandmother's dressmaking mannequin. After the war, returned service women were given a small amount of money to put towards furthering their career. My grandmother was a dress maker and she brought Katie, hand made to her own measurements in 1946. My grandmother is now mostly blind and Katie makes her sad so she has come to live with me.

And that is the story of Katie. ]]> Photographer: Your host


That dress I found in an op-shop for $20. Makes me pretty happy. Usually it lives on my mannequin, Katie.

Random bit of background for you, Katie was my grandmother's dressmaking mannequin. After the war, returned service women were given a small amount of money to put towards furthering their career. My grandmother was a dress maker and she brought Katie, hand made to her own measurements in 1946. My grandmother is now mostly blind and Katie makes her sad so she has come to live with me.

And that is the story of Katie.

]]> http://halohid.deviantart.com/art/Deep-blues-217631394 http://halohid.deviantart.com/art/Deep-blues-217631394 Sun, 10 Jul 2011 00:44:12 PDT Deep blues adult photography/people/nude Halohid http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/h/a/halohid.jpg Copyright 2011-2013 ~Halohid
Photographer: Your host




Yep, still very, very ill at this end. Not able to move much.

But still getting some good work done. I've actually just sent the first draft of my new script off to the actors which is very exciting (and really, really scary, I am posting this to distract myself from my fear).


This photo is unedited. As usual, the colour comes from me playing with the white balance in-camera. ]]>
Photographer: Your host




Yep, still very, very ill at this end. Not able to move much.

But still getting some good work done. I've actually just sent the first draft of my new script off to the actors which is very exciting (and really, really scary, I am posting this to distract myself from my fear).


This photo is unedited. As usual, the colour comes from me playing with the white balance in-camera.

]]> http://halohid.deviantart.com/art/Corner-of-the-sky-217477629 http://halohid.deviantart.com/art/Corner-of-the-sky-217477629 Sat, 09 Jul 2011 04:46:41 PDT Corner of the sky nonadult photography/people/emotive Halohid http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/h/a/halohid.jpg Copyright 2011-2013 ~Halohid Photographer: Your host

I have very beautiful friends. ]]> Photographer: Your host

I have very beautiful friends.

]]> http://halohid.deviantart.com/art/Skins-217456034 http://halohid.deviantart.com/art/Skins-217456034 Fri, 08 Jul 2011 23:55:27 PDT Skins adult photography/people/nude Halohid http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/h/a/halohid.jpg Copyright 2011-2013 ~Halohid Photographer: Your host

Pretty darn cold day. I think cold skin is a bit amazing when seen in detail.

(I did actually have a heater about 60 centimetres from the model and passed back the dressing gown every chance we got. Be nice to models, as interesting as their skin can get.)

Actually very difficult to shoot at all. I have an incredibly painful soft tissue infection at the moment and can't move much. I think the penicillin is starting to have an affect but I still have a massive section of my stomach which is swollen and burns to touch.

My deepest thanks to Jess for posing for me in the middle of winter and for putting up with my grunts of pain as I shot. It was a delicate process. Likewise, massive thanks to Jeff, for the location. ]]> Photographer: Your host

Pretty darn cold day. I think cold skin is a bit amazing when seen in detail.

(I did actually have a heater about 60 centimetres from the model and passed back the dressing gown every chance we got. Be nice to models, as interesting as their skin can get.)

Actually very difficult to shoot at all. I have an incredibly painful soft tissue infection at the moment and can't move much. I think the penicillin is starting to have an affect but I still have a massive section of my stomach which is swollen and burns to touch.

My deepest thanks to Jess for posing for me in the middle of winter and for putting up with my grunts of pain as I shot. It was a delicate process. Likewise, massive thanks to Jeff, for the location.

]]> http://halohid.deviantart.com/art/Sunny-215613811 http://halohid.deviantart.com/art/Sunny-215613811 Tue, 28 Jun 2011 15:01:21 PDT Sunny nonadult photography/people/selfportrait Halohid http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/h/a/halohid.jpg Copyright 2011-2013 ~Halohid
Again, so sorry I have nothing new for you. I'm just completely absorbed in my new play, Awake. It is taking a lot of love and energy to write. My novel is also still progressing. Slowly. I am in rehearsal for a new show and looking at building a venue in Adelaide for the Fringe early next year. I promise I am very busy.

But at least you've never seen this shot or anything from this series. I really enjoy this one. ]]>
Again, so sorry I have nothing new for you. I'm just completely absorbed in my new play, Awake. It is taking a lot of love and energy to write. My novel is also still progressing. Slowly. I am in rehearsal for a new show and looking at building a venue in Adelaide for the Fringe early next year. I promise I am very busy.

But at least you've never seen this shot or anything from this series. I really enjoy this one.

]]> http://halohid.deviantart.com/art/Drown-212739676 http://halohid.deviantart.com/art/Drown-212739676 Sat, 11 Jun 2011 16:41:19 PDT Drown nonadult photography/people/fashion Halohid http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/h/a/halohid.jpg Copyright 2011-2013 ~Halohid
At any rate, here is a new old photo. Shot back in 2008.


Photographer: The amazing ~DalaiHarma
MUA: Super talented Becca Kennedy
Hair: The astounding Jackson Kennedy
Model: Your host, back in the day.

Hope you enjoy! And I also hope that you can all forgive me for my online silence.

In other news, I'm going to be an aunty! My sister is 12 weeks pregnant. This means a couple of things: 1) I'll be so clucky that I'll probably jump my boyfriend in his sleep, the poor lad and 2) I'll be visiting the UK early next year to help out my sister whilst her husband goes on tour in Canada for three weeks.
I am very, very excited.

This baby has so much love waiting for it.


And sorry to end on a negative note but this photographer has had so much of her work stolen. It is not okay to make money off of other people's art work. This shot took seven hours to create and I'm not even going to guess how long in post. Please, be a decent human begin: do not steal artwork. Make your own. ]]>
At any rate, here is a new old photo. Shot back in 2008.


Photographer: The amazing ~DalaiHarma
MUA: Super talented Becca Kennedy
Hair: The astounding Jackson Kennedy
Model: Your host, back in the day.

Hope you enjoy! And I also hope that you can all forgive me for my online silence.

In other news, I'm going to be an aunty! My sister is 12 weeks pregnant. This means a couple of things: 1) I'll be so clucky that I'll probably jump my boyfriend in his sleep, the poor lad and 2) I'll be visiting the UK early next year to help out my sister whilst her husband goes on tour in Canada for three weeks.
I am very, very excited.

This baby has so much love waiting for it.


And sorry to end on a negative note but this photographer has had so much of her work stolen. It is not okay to make money off of other people's art work. This shot took seven hours to create and I'm not even going to guess how long in post. Please, be a decent human begin: do not steal artwork. Make your own.

]]> http://halohid.deviantart.com/art/Edged-208584378 http://halohid.deviantart.com/art/Edged-208584378 Thu, 12 May 2011 13:50:36 PDT Edged adult photography/people/selfportrait Halohid http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/h/a/halohid.jpg Copyright 2011-2013 ~Halohid
Have a nice week! ]]>
Have a nice week!

]]> http://halohid.deviantart.com/art/Happy-Mother-s-Day-208008758 http://halohid.deviantart.com/art/Happy-Mother-s-Day-208008758 Sat, 07 May 2011 22:20:51 PDT Happy Mother's Day nonadult photography/people/portraits Halohid http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/h/a/halohid.jpg Copyright 2011-2013 ~Halohid
The one with glasses, I mean.

On Christmas Day (which we celebrated in the middle of a paddock).


Happy Mother's Day! ]]>
The one with glasses, I mean.

On Christmas Day (which we celebrated in the middle of a paddock).


Happy Mother's Day!

]]> http://halohid.deviantart.com/art/Vanity-208008308 http://halohid.deviantart.com/art/Vanity-208008308 Sat, 07 May 2011 22:14:59 PDT Vanity adult photography/people/selfportrait Halohid http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/h/a/halohid.jpg Copyright 2011-2013 ~Halohid
My boyfriend walked in while I was taking this, said 'you're very naked, aren't you?' put on a pair of socks and wandered out. Best response ever. Love that man.


I had an accident with my hair and it went very, very bright orange. So we re-dyed it today. But not before I used it for self-portraits. I meant to do something more fashion but I just ended up back in art nude land. You see, the thing is, I can't actually dress myself very well. I am shockingly incompetent when it comes to looking respectable. I always stand in front of my wardrobe and stare forlornly at it and then just give up and return to shooting nudes.

Oh well. I do like this. ]]>
My boyfriend walked in while I was taking this, said 'you're very naked, aren't you?' put on a pair of socks and wandered out. Best response ever. Love that man.


I had an accident with my hair and it went very, very bright orange. So we re-dyed it today. But not before I used it for self-portraits. I meant to do something more fashion but I just ended up back in art nude land. You see, the thing is, I can't actually dress myself very well. I am shockingly incompetent when it comes to looking respectable. I always stand in front of my wardrobe and stare forlornly at it and then just give up and return to shooting nudes.

Oh well. I do like this.

]]> http://halohid.deviantart.com/art/Lull-205695881 http://halohid.deviantart.com/art/Lull-205695881 Wed, 20 Apr 2011 15:56:01 PDT Lull nonadult photography/people/selfportrait Halohid http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/h/a/halohid.jpg Copyright 2011-2013 ~Halohid
I wasn't going to post this but then I noticed that my hilariously long fingers are positioned in such a way that it looks like I only have three on each hand. Suddenly I liked the shot a whole lot more.

I also love how the wall acts as a reflector. See how the backs of both hands are lit?

My subscription has ran out and for the first time in years I'm meeting the unsubscribed DA. It is terrifying!

In other news, I've started worked two and a half days a week at a plastic surgery. I am really loving it. The surgeon specialises in re-constructive breast surgery after cancer and the patients and staff are lovely.

Still working on my novel.

xx ]]>
I wasn't going to post this but then I noticed that my hilariously long fingers are positioned in such a way that it looks like I only have three on each hand. Suddenly I liked the shot a whole lot more.

I also love how the wall acts as a reflector. See how the backs of both hands are lit?

My subscription has ran out and for the first time in years I'm meeting the unsubscribed DA. It is terrifying!

In other news, I've started worked two and a half days a week at a plastic surgery. I am really loving it. The surgeon specialises in re-constructive breast surgery after cancer and the patients and staff are lovely.

Still working on my novel.

xx

]]> http://halohid.deviantart.com/art/Agoraphobia-205295750 http://halohid.deviantart.com/art/Agoraphobia-205295750 Sun, 17 Apr 2011 14:31:42 PDT Agoraphobia nonadult photography/people/emotive Halohid http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/h/a/halohid.jpg Copyright 2011-2013 ~Halohid
Another self-portrait. Someday I promise to photograph someone other than myself. ]]>
Another self-portrait. Someday I promise to photograph someone other than myself.

]]> http://halohid.deviantart.com/art/That-girl-205217542 http://halohid.deviantart.com/art/That-girl-205217542 Sun, 17 Apr 2011 02:04:53 PDT That girl nonadult photography/people/emotive Halohid http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/h/a/halohid.jpg Copyright 2011-2013 ~Halohid
I actually shot this whilst listening to my boyfriend's band on the radio, hence stealing his leather jacket. So this is my 'girlfriend of a rock musician' photo. Which is entertaining if you know me because I am pretty much the least rock person in existence.

So this is the band Pony Girl and the Outsiders. Go and check out their film clip and give them some love. They are fantastic straight up rock and their lead guitarist is currently sitting in the living room watching 'Antique Roadshow' and eating a lentil pasty his girlfriend made him. [link]


Hope you like the shot! I'm really happy with it. And ^Mollinda, the dappled light is for you, honey. xx ]]>
I actually shot this whilst listening to my boyfriend's band on the radio, hence stealing his leather jacket. So this is my 'girlfriend of a rock musician' photo. Which is entertaining if you know me because I am pretty much the least rock person in existence.

So this is the band Pony Girl and the Outsiders. Go and check out their film clip and give them some love. They are fantastic straight up rock and their lead guitarist is currently sitting in the living room watching 'Antique Roadshow' and eating a lentil pasty his girlfriend made him. [link]


Hope you like the shot! I'm really happy with it. And ^Mollinda, the dappled light is for you, honey. xx

]]> http://halohid.deviantart.com/art/Friday-on-my-mind-203790074 http://halohid.deviantart.com/art/Friday-on-my-mind-203790074 Tue, 05 Apr 2011 22:42:10 PDT Friday on my mind nonadult photography/people/selfportrait Halohid http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/h/a/halohid.jpg Copyright 2011-2013 ~Halohid

And this is the promo clip for my last show (which has just finished). It features a lot of leg from me. And the first voice singing is me. And we apologise for the bad quality of the speaking bit: that was just gathered around a mobile phone.

[link]

I may actually be doing a little modeling soon. First time in a couple of years. ]]>

And this is the promo clip for my last show (which has just finished). It features a lot of leg from me. And the first voice singing is me. And we apologise for the bad quality of the speaking bit: that was just gathered around a mobile phone.

[link]

I may actually be doing a little modeling soon. First time in a couple of years.

]]> http://halohid.deviantart.com/art/Bruised-201990122 http://halohid.deviantart.com/art/Bruised-201990122 Tue, 22 Mar 2011 20:24:05 PDT Bruised nonadult photography/people/selfportrait Halohid http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/h/a/halohid.jpg Copyright 2011-2013 ~Halohid
My show, Skinhouse, opens in Melbourne tonight. I have some of the blackest bruises on my knees brought on by rehearsals. Just thought I'd let you all admire them. Our whole company is also pretty darn sick which is good fun. Other than that, the show is looking fantastic! We are very, very happy with it.

Hope you're all going well. Sorry I've been so quiet lately. Skinhouse has been a difficult baby. ]]>
My show, Skinhouse, opens in Melbourne tonight. I have some of the blackest bruises on my knees brought on by rehearsals. Just thought I'd let you all admire them. Our whole company is also pretty darn sick which is good fun. Other than that, the show is looking fantastic! We are very, very happy with it.

Hope you're all going well. Sorry I've been so quiet lately. Skinhouse has been a difficult baby.

]]> http://halohid.deviantart.com/art/Even-when-the-water-drains-200395450 http://halohid.deviantart.com/art/Even-when-the-water-drains-200395450 Thu, 10 Mar 2011 00:17:53 PST Even when the water drains nonadult photography/people/selfportrait Halohid http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/h/a/halohid.jpg Copyright 2011-2013 ~Halohid

Self-portrait.

Yes, I took my very expensive camera in the bath with me because even when I'm lethargic, depressed and sulking, I still have what I term 'working baths'.

Well, tomorrow I'm back to rehearsals and that will make me a happier person.

I love the sweaty skin in the second shot and the makeup smudged under the eyes. Very unflattering. ]]>

Self-portrait.

Yes, I took my very expensive camera in the bath with me because even when I'm lethargic, depressed and sulking, I still have what I term 'working baths'.

Well, tomorrow I'm back to rehearsals and that will make me a happier person.

I love the sweaty skin in the second shot and the makeup smudged under the eyes. Very unflattering.

]]> http://halohid.deviantart.com/art/Bushfire-horses-200155877 http://halohid.deviantart.com/art/Bushfire-horses-200155877 Mon, 07 Mar 2011 21:39:47 PST Bushfire horses nonadult photography/conceptual Halohid http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/h/a/halohid.jpg Copyright 2011-2013 ~Halohid

I'm sorry I've been so quiet. I've been at the Adelaide Fringe Festival with my new show, Skinhouse, and then I've been moving house. I'm now living with my boyfriend in a gorgeous little suburb just out of Melbourne. We are ten minutes walk from the beach and (and this is much more exciting if you are as offensively pale as I am) we have a tiny bar about the size of a lunchbox around the corner from us where we happily drink cider from 4 in the afternoon.

I took these photos on Christmas day. Yes, my family celebrates Christmas in the middle of a paddock. These are two of my aunts horse. The top one is her four year old, Cooper and the grey is the now retired (paddock furniture) Merlin. Both these boys are more like affectionate dogs than horses. I spent a lot of Christmas day play 'Mr Ed' with Cooper. You know, people ask you a question and you put on a funny voice and more the horse's lower lip to make it look like he's talking? Great game. Not that Cooper would know. He slept through it, just enjoying the jaw massage.

I posted this show because of the fires. Some of you might remember the Victorian bushfires of 2009 and my panic as I waited to here from my family, scattered across the state. The fire passed right through my aunt's property and now, two years later, when you pat these horses (who survived the flames by standing in the middle of the arena as the land burned around them) your hand still comes away black because the trees they scratch up against are soot covered skeletons. It makes for a very tactile reminder of the horror of that day.


So I apologise for the lack of new photos. I hope to shoot something in the next few days. But how are you all? What books are you reading? Have any siblings? ]]>

I'm sorry I've been so quiet. I've been at the Adelaide Fringe Festival with my new show, Skinhouse, and then I've been moving house. I'm now living with my boyfriend in a gorgeous little suburb just out of Melbourne. We are ten minutes walk from the beach and (and this is much more exciting if you are as offensively pale as I am) we have a tiny bar about the size of a lunchbox around the corner from us where we happily drink cider from 4 in the afternoon.

I took these photos on Christmas day. Yes, my family celebrates Christmas in the middle of a paddock. These are two of my aunts horse. The top one is her four year old, Cooper and the grey is the now retired (paddock furniture) Merlin. Both these boys are more like affectionate dogs than horses. I spent a lot of Christmas day play 'Mr Ed' with Cooper. You know, people ask you a question and you put on a funny voice and more the horse's lower lip to make it look like he's talking? Great game. Not that Cooper would know. He slept through it, just enjoying the jaw massage.

I posted this show because of the fires. Some of you might remember the Victorian bushfires of 2009 and my panic as I waited to here from my family, scattered across the state. The fire passed right through my aunt's property and now, two years later, when you pat these horses (who survived the flames by standing in the middle of the arena as the land burned around them) your hand still comes away black because the trees they scratch up against are soot covered skeletons. It makes for a very tactile reminder of the horror of that day.


So I apologise for the lack of new photos. I hope to shoot something in the next few days. But how are you all? What books are you reading? Have any siblings?

]]> http://halohid.deviantart.com/art/Us-196624263 http://halohid.deviantart.com/art/Us-196624263 Mon, 07 Feb 2011 21:11:03 PST Us nonadult photography/people/emotive Halohid http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/h/a/halohid.jpg Copyright 2011-2013 ~Halohid
Its fun making art: you get to cuddle your friends on your parent's bed. ... Yep. Good times.

I'll be interested to see what you think of this. I usually avoid this sort of lighting (over-exposing the windows) but this time I just went for it and over-emphasised it and I really like the result. Tell me what you think!

Manically busy at the moment. Sorry all. I have a new show opening in a week and a half (if you are in Adelaide, let me know and I'll send you details, Melbourne gets its turn in March-April), a grant application I'm sending off in about an hour, a job application due in three days and I'm moving house. Eeek. That's all. Hope you're all well. Tell me something interesting about yourselves. I need something to distract me from my panic!

x ]]>
Its fun making art: you get to cuddle your friends on your parent's bed. ... Yep. Good times.

I'll be interested to see what you think of this. I usually avoid this sort of lighting (over-exposing the windows) but this time I just went for it and over-emphasised it and I really like the result. Tell me what you think!

Manically busy at the moment. Sorry all. I have a new show opening in a week and a half (if you are in Adelaide, let me know and I'll send you details, Melbourne gets its turn in March-April), a grant application I'm sending off in about an hour, a job application due in three days and I'm moving house. Eeek. That's all. Hope you're all well. Tell me something interesting about yourselves. I need something to distract me from my panic!

x

]]> http://halohid.deviantart.com/art/Sometimes-you-frighten-me-196185248 http://halohid.deviantart.com/art/Sometimes-you-frighten-me-196185248 Fri, 04 Feb 2011 15:49:08 PST Sometimes you frighten me nonadult photography/people/emotive Halohid http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/h/a/halohid.jpg Copyright 2011-2013 ~Halohid
This was shot in Week 51 of my self-portrait series last year. I used this shot:



So that is the end of the story but we were shooting for about an hour before that, building this relationship before we got to the point of strangulation. I love these images. Hope you enjoy them also.

We are having some fine floods here in Melbourne at the moment. I am very happy to be living on the first floor right now, just watching the forest outside my window thrash. I can't believe that the Australian Government still has not made a strong commitment to climate change considering the battering our country is receiving lately. ]]>
This was shot in Week 51 of my self-portrait series last year. I used this shot:



So that is the end of the story but we were shooting for about an hour before that, building this relationship before we got to the point of strangulation. I love these images. Hope you enjoy them also.

We are having some fine floods here in Melbourne at the moment. I am very happy to be living on the first floor right now, just watching the forest outside my window thrash. I can't believe that the Australian Government still has not made a strong commitment to climate change considering the battering our country is receiving lately.

]]> http://halohid.deviantart.com/art/Disappearing-194831387 http://halohid.deviantart.com/art/Disappearing-194831387 Tue, 25 Jan 2011 02:11:10 PST Disappearing adult photography/people/selfportrait Halohid http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/h/a/halohid.jpg Copyright 2011-2013 ~Halohid
Hope you're all well.

Books beside the bed:

'The Virgin Suicides' by Jeffrey Eugenides
'One Hundred Years of Solitude' by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
'Dog Boy' by Eva Hornung
'In Cold Blood' by Truman Capote

Yes, I should probably try to limit myself to having only a couple of books on a go at once. My head is getting blurry with too many stories.




By the way, to those of you who were reading my novel, I'm not going to be posting any more of it here. I'm sorry but it is because I'm really excited about it and want to publish it and to do that I have to keep it off of the internet. I'm happy to email it to a small group, however, so if you are interested, send me your email address. ]]>
Hope you're all well.

Books beside the bed:

'The Virgin Suicides' by Jeffrey Eugenides
'One Hundred Years of Solitude' by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
'Dog Boy' by Eva Hornung
'In Cold Blood' by Truman Capote

Yes, I should probably try to limit myself to having only a couple of books on a go at once. My head is getting blurry with too many stories.




By the way, to those of you who were reading my novel, I'm not going to be posting any more of it here. I'm sorry but it is because I'm really excited about it and want to publish it and to do that I have to keep it off of the internet. I'm happy to email it to a small group, however, so if you are interested, send me your email address.

]]> http://halohid.deviantart.com/art/2011-for-choir-in-three-parts-194424202 http://halohid.deviantart.com/art/2011-for-choir-in-three-parts-194424202 Sat, 22 Jan 2011 01:11:01 PST 2011 for choir: in three-parts nonadult literature/prose/nonfiction/essays Halohid http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/h/a/halohid.jpg Copyright 2011-2013 ~Halohid
i. The Ten Year Talent

ii. My atheist tongue

iii. Requiem for the kebab store possum

This is what week three of 2011 produced. How pretentious am I? Very, that is how. It kept me entertained, anyway.



That first string of numbers almost killed me by the way. It took about 10 minutes. As soon as I had finished it, I worked out that all I needed to do was turn my phone from 'predictive text' to 'numbers' and type away. Felt a bit dumb. ]]>
I was thinking today about the ten-year talent.  As a generation, it spread through us like a virus, multiplying and developing sub-species and mutations, changing the way we spoke and interacted with language.  Words came cheap and fast, born from the tips of our thumbs.   For a decade there, we were the gods of predictive text.  Typing until our fingers became a flesh-coloured blur.  Many didn't even need to look at the key-pad: touch-type but don't think too hard.  If you over-analyse it the words fall apart.  Trust your thumbs and let communication flow across the void and onto your loved one's screen.

'Babe cant make it 2nite.  Mum ]]>
i. The Ten Year Talent

ii. My atheist tongue

iii. Requiem for the kebab store possum

This is what week three of 2011 produced. How pretentious am I? Very, that is how. It kept me entertained, anyway.



That first string of numbers almost killed me by the way. It took about 10 minutes. As soon as I had finished it, I worked out that all I needed to do was turn my phone from 'predictive text' to 'numbers' and type away. Felt a bit dumb. ]]> http://halohid.deviantart.com/art/Portrait-of-V-193280298 http://halohid.deviantart.com/art/Portrait-of-V-193280298 Thu, 13 Jan 2011 04:00:05 PST Portrait of V nonadult photography/people/portraits Halohid http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/h/a/halohid.jpg Copyright 2011-2013 ~Halohid
Photographer: Your Host

Shot at 'Shutter Class Studios'.

I think this will be the last I post or, if I post another, I'll leave it for a while. There is something really simple which I love about this one.

I am writing this from my new computer. Tres, tres happy. My lovely boyfriend spent about five hours setting it up and transferring all my files over this afternoon. What a totally rad boyfriend I have.

And what beautiful, dancer friends I have to photographer. My favourite part of this shot is the foot prints on the floor. I edited them out of the more sublime, air-bourne photos but I think they are very 'right' for this more grounded one.

Now, I haven't slept in a very long time so I should go and try and do a bit of that sleeping thing. ]]>
Photographer: Your Host

Shot at 'Shutter Class Studios'.

I think this will be the last I post or, if I post another, I'll leave it for a while. There is something really simple which I love about this one.

I am writing this from my new computer. Tres, tres happy. My lovely boyfriend spent about five hours setting it up and transferring all my files over this afternoon. What a totally rad boyfriend I have.

And what beautiful, dancer friends I have to photographer. My favourite part of this shot is the foot prints on the floor. I edited them out of the more sublime, air-bourne photos but I think they are very 'right' for this more grounded one.

Now, I haven't slept in a very long time so I should go and try and do a bit of that sleeping thing.

]]> http://halohid.deviantart.com/art/New-Girl-193015167 http://halohid.deviantart.com/art/New-Girl-193015167 Mon, 10 Jan 2011 22:01:41 PST New Girl nonadult literature/prose/fiction/general/intros Halohid http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/h/a/halohid.jpg Copyright 2011-2013 ~Halohid
Previous sections:

The VoyeurI fell in love with the girl next door when I was too young to put words to it.  But it wasn't platonic.  Grownups don't want to admit this but children can feel the stirrings of the inner animal long before they reach high school.     Where we lived it was always hot and humid and so, like all of us, the girl next door lived with her blinds and windows open in the evenings to let the cooling air circulate.  The difference between her and those of us who had grown up in that extravagant, luscious environment was that we knew to dim the lights when we undressed.   There was a poetry t M.I.A.Psychologists wanting to write papers on personality traits associated with order of birth should probably look to my family as a potential case study.  Each child perfectly represents the stereotypical characteristics associated with sibling order.  If asked, we could even provide a photograph to be indented into the midst of those many thousands of words:     There we are in the backyard, arranged in height order.  Penelope is squinting down the camera lense, mouth half open, asking my mother if she knows how to work 'that thing' and to be careful because we don't want yet another out-of-foc Flesh liesSky Henry's skin, being consumed by mosquitoes and my gaze, lit by the car's head lamps, I really should turn them off, don't want a flat, its a long walk back to town.   My fingers leave streaks of mud on her stomach and breasts. Fuck. My hands are shaking. The streaks quiver across her skin; a visible reminder of my cowardess.     Sky isn't shaking. Her fingers reach with confidence, breaching the gap between us. She begins to un-button my dress.    Out of order. I am cheating. Taking personal liberties with the narration.  Just trying to quell your immediate assumption. I know it would be n

thanks to those of you who are still reading and enjoying this. I'll probably post one more section (because this section is shorter than the previous ones and I really love the next part) but after that I'll stop. ]]>
The faces of my classmates, almost alien in their shocked silence,  flash past as the camera pans around the circle.  Cut to a close-up showing the linen of my new dress rustling against my trembling knees.  The images become syncopated, fighting against the rhythm of the music as the faces press closer.  Curiosity, humour, horror, revulsion and fear fight for space of those childhood masks.

The bell rings.  We enter the classroom as my mother leaves after her urgent, early ]]>
Previous sections:

The VoyeurI fell in love with the girl next door when I was too young to put words to it.  But it wasn't platonic.  Grownups don't want to admit this but children can feel the stirrings of the inner animal long before they reach high school.     Where we lived it was always hot and humid and so, like all of us, the girl next door lived with her blinds and windows open in the evenings to let the cooling air circulate.  The difference between her and those of us who had grown up in that extravagant, luscious environment was that we knew to dim the lights when we undressed.   There was a poetry t M.I.A.Psychologists wanting to write papers on personality traits associated with order of birth should probably look to my family as a potential case study.  Each child perfectly represents the stereotypical characteristics associated with sibling order.  If asked, we could even provide a photograph to be indented into the midst of those many thousands of words:     There we are in the backyard, arranged in height order.  Penelope is squinting down the camera lense, mouth half open, asking my mother if she knows how to work 'that thing' and to be careful because we don't want yet another out-of-foc Flesh liesSky Henry's skin, being consumed by mosquitoes and my gaze, lit by the car's head lamps, I really should turn them off, don't want a flat, its a long walk back to town.   My fingers leave streaks of mud on her stomach and breasts. Fuck. My hands are shaking. The streaks quiver across her skin; a visible reminder of my cowardess.     Sky isn't shaking. Her fingers reach with confidence, breaching the gap between us. She begins to un-button my dress.    Out of order. I am cheating. Taking personal liberties with the narration.  Just trying to quell your immediate assumption. I know it would be n

thanks to those of you who are still reading and enjoying this. I'll probably post one more section (because this section is shorter than the previous ones and I really love the next part) but after that I'll stop. ]]> http://halohid.deviantart.com/art/Flight-192906376 http://halohid.deviantart.com/art/Flight-192906376 Mon, 10 Jan 2011 03:43:52 PST Flight nonadult photography/people/portraits Halohid http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/h/a/halohid.jpg Copyright 2011-2013 ~Halohid
Photographer: Your host

[link]

After shooting the 'Enchantment' series, Rory and Jeff got distracted talking about manly things like building studios so I found a beautiful dancer in a beautiful dress in a beautiful studio at my disposal and she wasn't too exhausted to jump.

I took maybe thirty shots, fell in love with half of them but this is my favourite. I snapped this a split second before the peak of her jump. I have another where I got the timing spot on but I really love this!

The costume is the under-dress from my mother's wedding dress. My Granny was a dress maker and hand sewed it. My parents have now been married 30 years and I have the wedding dress living on Granny's old dressmaking mannequin in my bedroom. Which scares my boyfriend a little.

Please full view. Her face and hair are remarkable. ]]>
Photographer: Your host

[link]

After shooting the 'Enchantment' series, Rory and Jeff got distracted talking about manly things like building studios so I found a beautiful dancer in a beautiful dress in a beautiful studio at my disposal and she wasn't too exhausted to jump.

I took maybe thirty shots, fell in love with half of them but this is my favourite. I snapped this a split second before the peak of her jump. I have another where I got the timing spot on but I really love this!

The costume is the under-dress from my mother's wedding dress. My Granny was a dress maker and hand sewed it. My parents have now been married 30 years and I have the wedding dress living on Granny's old dressmaking mannequin in my bedroom. Which scares my boyfriend a little.

Please full view. Her face and hair are remarkable.

]]> http://halohid.deviantart.com/art/The-End-192885093 http://halohid.deviantart.com/art/The-End-192885093 Sun, 09 Jan 2011 21:11:03 PST The End nonadult photography/conceptual Halohid http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/h/a/halohid.jpg Copyright 2011-2013 ~Halohid The End.


What comes after the kiss in fairy tales? Usually eternity.




Actors are Veronica and Rory.

Shot at Shutter Class Studio, owned by the amazing and generous Jeff Paine.


Thanks to those of you who followed the series! Much appreciated.


Interesting story, I went branch hunting the night before. I was wandering down the road with my knife at midnight when I suddenly realised that I could probably be arrested. On the way back to my house two French girls stopped me to ask for directions. So I must be the world's least intimidating person: even armed with a knife in the middle of the night I'm still completely approachable. Hard to get any respect around here! ]]> The End.


What comes after the kiss in fairy tales? Usually eternity.




Actors are Veronica and Rory.

Shot at Shutter Class Studio, owned by the amazing and generous Jeff Paine.


Thanks to those of you who followed the series! Much appreciated.


Interesting story, I went branch hunting the night before. I was wandering down the road with my knife at midnight when I suddenly realised that I could probably be arrested. On the way back to my house two French girls stopped me to ask for directions. So I must be the world's least intimidating person: even armed with a knife in the middle of the night I'm still completely approachable. Hard to get any respect around here!

]]> http://halohid.deviantart.com/art/With-a-tender-kiss-192757868 http://halohid.deviantart.com/art/With-a-tender-kiss-192757868 Sun, 09 Jan 2011 01:08:24 PST With a tender kiss nonadult photography/conceptual Halohid http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/h/a/halohid.jpg Copyright 2011-2013 ~Halohid He loved all of her. Even her embraces, though prickly and impractical, seemed to his the most tender and perfect of moments. The type that come once in a thousand years to one lucky man somewhere in a far off kingdom. Bu

But he was real and she was real and just a breath away from him. And now he was leaning in, closing the distance and the thought brushed past his love-struck mind: 'in the fairytales, what comes after the kiss?'


Part 4



Actors are Veronica and Rory.

Shot at Shutter Class Studio, owned by the amazing and generous Jeff Paine.

Poor Veronica had her hands bandaged like that for almost two hours. I was holding up bottles to her mouth so she could drink. I felt mighty guilty.


One part to go (now that I've started sticking them together). ]]> He loved all of her. Even her embraces, though prickly and impractical, seemed to his the most tender and perfect of moments. The type that come once in a thousand years to one lucky man somewhere in a far off kingdom. Bu

But he was real and she was real and just a breath away from him. And now he was leaning in, closing the distance and the thought brushed past his love-struck mind: 'in the fairytales, what comes after the kiss?'


Part 4



Actors are Veronica and Rory.

Shot at Shutter Class Studio, owned by the amazing and generous Jeff Paine.

Poor Veronica had her hands bandaged like that for almost two hours. I was holding up bottles to her mouth so she could drink. I felt mighty guilty.


One part to go (now that I've started sticking them together).

]]> http://halohid.deviantart.com/art/When-he-awoke-192604660 http://halohid.deviantart.com/art/When-he-awoke-192604660 Fri, 07 Jan 2011 21:56:19 PST When he awoke nonadult photography/conceptual Halohid http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/h/a/halohid.jpg Copyright 2011-2013 ~Halohid
Part Three.




Actors are Veronica and Rory.

Shot at Shutter Class Studio, owned by the amazing and generous Jeff Paine. ]]>
Part Three.




Actors are Veronica and Rory.

Shot at Shutter Class Studio, owned by the amazing and generous Jeff Paine.

]]> http://halohid.deviantart.com/art/Asleep-beneath-her-branches-192601932 http://halohid.deviantart.com/art/Asleep-beneath-her-branches-192601932 Fri, 07 Jan 2011 21:25:39 PST Asleep beneath her branches nonadult photography/conceptual Halohid http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/h/a/halohid.jpg Copyright 2011-2013 ~Halohid
Part Two of the 'Forest Fairytale' series.

This is part One:



Part Three:


Actors are Veronica and Rory.

Shot at Shutter Class Studio, owned by the amazing and generous Jeff Paine. ]]>
Part Two of the 'Forest Fairytale' series.

This is part One:



Part Three:


Actors are Veronica and Rory.

Shot at Shutter Class Studio, owned by the amazing and generous Jeff Paine.

]]> http://halohid.deviantart.com/art/Once-Upon-A-Time-192503315 http://halohid.deviantart.com/art/Once-Upon-A-Time-192503315 Fri, 07 Jan 2011 05:19:04 PST Once Upon A Time nonadult photography/conceptual Halohid http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/h/a/halohid.jpg Copyright 2011-2013 ~Halohid

Model: Veronica

Photographer: Your host

Shot at Shutter Class Studios (which is owned by my good friend Jeff Paine) and I'm using his pretty lighting gear. We love Jeff.

This is the start of another story series. Hope you like it. I notice that DA often isn't keen on my studio work but I do love doing it.




This is week one of my 2011 project: create something every week, be it a self-portrait, photographs of others, writing, theatre or music. ]]>

Model: Veronica

Photographer: Your host

Shot at Shutter Class Studios (which is owned by my good friend Jeff Paine) and I'm using his pretty lighting gear. We love Jeff.

This is the start of another story series. Hope you like it. I notice that DA often isn't keen on my studio work but I do love doing it.




This is week one of my 2011 project: create something every week, be it a self-portrait, photographs of others, writing, theatre or music.

]]> http://halohid.deviantart.com/art/Self-portrait-number-52-191706429 http://halohid.deviantart.com/art/Self-portrait-number-52-191706429 Fri, 31 Dec 2010 19:32:38 PST Self-portrait number 52 nonadult photography/people/selfportrait Halohid http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/h/a/halohid.jpg Copyright 2010-2013 ~Halohid
With *DalaiHarma.

Super happy. That is the project complete. ]]>
With *DalaiHarma.

Super happy. That is the project complete.

]]> http://halohid.deviantart.com/art/Second-thoughts-191705600 http://halohid.deviantart.com/art/Second-thoughts-191705600 Fri, 31 Dec 2010 19:23:38 PST Second thoughts nonadult photography/people/selfportrait Halohid http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/h/a/halohid.jpg Copyright 2010-2013 ~Halohid
Featuring Gabriel Partington. ]]>
Featuring Gabriel Partington.

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