December 2011
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The process of a photograph
I’m enjoying seeing my photos come to life. Especially as they’re starting to realise my intentions for them. I find it incredibly frustrating when I know how I want a picture to look, but I don’t have the skills to make it happen. But I’m learning lots:
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So I used a whole list of process and techniques for this; colour layers, gradient layers, layer...
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The dark art: shooting portraiture in low light →
Fantastic guide! I’ve been trying to figure this out for weeks!
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November 2011
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Fifty thousand words written, NaNoWriMo done! Now, what’s this thing called spare time again?
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Can I finish this thing tomorrow?
I’m 42,000 words in to NaNoWriMo, so I have pretty much caught up, but I want to finish now. I miss taking and editing photos. A whole month of writing is tiring.
Well, I haven’t completely stopped taking photos, a few instant ones have kept me sustained:
Christmas lighting at Selfridges. The window displays are beautiful too. I did take a picture of a display too, but it’s...
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Tomorrow may be hell, but today was a good writing day, and on the good writing...
– Neil Gaiman