Just need a change.... but don't know what...



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Hey hey....
So I'm definitely a grown up now... hahaha... I've been told I'm well on my way now that I'm 31... yet I still feel like I'm 23!

Anyways.... I'm nervous.... because I get to do a photoshoot this weekend with real live people... hehehe
At least I'll know everyone, seeing as they're my fellow belly dancers. We're all getting dressed up in our professional costumes and having makeup done professionally too. And then I get to play the part of photographer.
I really hope I don't screw up.

Well wish me luck!

Hope everyone is doing well... hugs & stuff 'zzz



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Hey

I figured I should do some kind of an update, since it's been a long time already...

I've decided to take a break with regards to photography, and not put myself under pressure, and rather just "let inspiration come to me" (as someone else put it).

In the meantime, I've still been quite busy with my belly dance classes (teaching & learning). And I've started learning fire poi as well (which is actually quite fun). I haven't started dancing with the fire poi lit yet - I still need a few more lessons for that...

I'm hoping to come up with a "syllabus" for another new prop in the belly dance world. It's called fan veil and seems to be very popular in the USA. It's still very very new in South Africa - and as such, there isn't anyone to teach us. So my sister and I have decided to come up with some kind of syllabus for our students.

Work is work - and nothing to really talk about (that's the nature of being an accountant in my day job)... lol

I've also gotten very interested in make-up lately. I know it must sound so frivolous but I think proper make-up application will come in handy one day for portraiture photos. Also, as a dancer who performs on stage, I do actually need to learn proper stage make-up. any tips, anyone?

I haven't been able to comment on people's journals and/or deviations lately - so I apologise up front for that. I have, however, faved a few here & there. I try to keep up, but I watch about 100 deviants - and that adds up!

I also want to thank everyone who has happened to fave some of my work - I just don't have the time to go to everyone's individual pages right now (as I always used to do in the past) - so hopefully one day I can get back to doing this again.

And, according to DA birthdays, it's my birthday in 11 days... woohoo!

Hope everyone is doing well and as always, please keep me updated.... hugs & stuff

Hey ... busy at work at again... The new year is already in full force...

My camera is in for a service (and now that I don't have my camera, I actually miss it - go figure).

Well... anywayz ... hope you all good.

I know I'm a bit late... but Happy Holidays to everyone.

I had a great Christmas with my family - got lots of prezzies too from my loved ones (and gave a lot too - I love seeing people's faces when then open their gifts).

My year-end dance show went off well, there were only a few glitches - but we had plenty of positive feedback from the audience, and besides, I thoroughly enjoyed myself during the show.

I've been on holiday (albeit at home) for two weeks now, and it's been great to just do nothing! Yip, nothing but relaxing! Which means I haven't touched my camera. Although, I did do some portraits at the year-end show.

But then I found that every single shot I had taken was a little soft in the focus. I used proper studio flash heads, I used my lightmeter to make sure of the settings on my camera, and since I had to do the photos quickly I didn't use a tripod. But since I was using two 300w flash heads, I didn't see the need for a tripod. So I'm worried that either I can't take decent photos, or there's something wrong with my camera (I used auto-focus for the duration of the photo session).

So a friend of mine told me that it's the camera that controls the auto-focus on a lens - which I didn't know before. So what does this mean for me? Does my camera need fixing? It is two years old already ( I wish I could get a new camera ). Can anyone give me some tips?

Well... I hope you all have a great New Year's - I probably won't be online for a while again - I'm just enjoying doing nothing too much... lol