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It's moving time...
Some of you have asked me where I've been, what I've been doing, and why has this account been so quiet since my last journal in Sept 07. The truth is, I haven't been quiet at all!! Although this page has not seen much movement, behind the scenes I've continued to comment, check out new artists and marvel at some amazing art, and generally potter around DA like I always have.
But at the same time, I've been madly busy away from DA. My photography interests (both business and artistic) have been madly accelerating - but still not fast enough IMHO, I thought I would be at this stage before Xmas!! I've been shooting quite a bit, and post pr
Quality Control for Art... Eh?
Over the last few months (on and off) a number of us here have been discussing what we perceive to be problems associated with the quality of "art" here on DA. Over time, DA has prided itself on the sheer volume of submissions and members, always striving to be the biggest, most popular, etc, etc. And that culture is embodied in many of the design aspects of the site, from the way popularity is measured (in pageviews and favourites) through to the constantly running submission ticker counting every single piece of crap uploaded!!
The problem exists on multiple levels, and I'm not proposing a solution by any means. In a way, I can't - a so
How many photographers...?
Had a great weekend that started Friday with taste-testing some mighty fine scotches (and a $3 Thai "scotch" that was... interesting...). Saturday was spent catching up with friends, but the weekend was capped off with a great Sunday afternoon spent with scottjamesprebble (https://www.deviantart.com/scottjamesprebble) darrenphillips (https://www.deviantart.com/darrenphillips) bitterrose6-gumitch (https://www.deviantart.com/bitterrose6-gumitch) and TinyAndAdorable (https://www.deviantart.com/tinyandadorable). How pleased was I to be in such illustrious company!! We spent around 4 hours wandering the alleys of Melbourne, visiting interesting places and chatting about interesting and entertaining things.
I didn't take a lot of shots (35 to be exact) and most of those were behind-the-scenes of Scott and
Story of my life!
Just yesterday I was talking to the amazing TinyAndAdorable (https://www.deviantart.com/tinyandadorable), and mentioned that it had been a while since I had been into the city to do some street shooting. I love wandering around Melbourne aimlessly just checking out locations and people. The camera sometimes works like an access pass, just walk past like you know where you are going and you rarely get challenged... but I digress...
So, the reason why I wanted to hit the streets was because I had this idea - I wanted to go out around lunchtime, around the city and the city campuses of the universities in town, and watch out for couples kissing... I wanted to do a themed shoot capt
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New toys are always good! 
A photographer in Perth once told me this little anecdote... He was showing a friend some of his work over coffee and cake at his friends place. His friend said "Wow! Your work is amazing! You must have a really good camera?" He replied "You know, this cake is pretty amazing - You must have a really good oven!"
I have a couple of Box Brownie's. One of them is sentimental to me but the other one I picked up a while back is unusable and beyond repair. I've been thinking of modifying it. I'll let you know how I go....
A photographer in Perth once told me this little anecdote... He was showing a friend some of his work over coffee and cake at his friends place. His friend said "Wow! Your work is amazing! You must have a really good camera?" He replied "You know, this cake is pretty amazing - You must have a really good oven!"
I have a couple of Box Brownie's. One of them is sentimental to me but the other one I picked up a while back is unusable and beyond repair. I've been thinking of modifying it. I'll let you know how I go....