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Almost at 50:)
Today was, okay. I finally bought the book I should've bought a few weeks ago. I had a meeting of the girls committee. I got ill. My head is killing me now. I guess it's because it was storming yesterday.
t's a cruel thing you'll never know all the ways I tried
It's a hard thing, faking a smile when I feel like I'm falling apart inside
And now you're gone, there's like an echo in my head
And I remember every word you said
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Today (sunday) sucked. I hate midterms. They are killing me. I'm having nervous breakdowns. Oh.
Oh how I wish it were summer. I long for the warmth of the sun on my face and a soft gentle breeze in my hair. Sadly, winter seems to continuously claim it's territory. Perhaps spring will come today.
Here's wishing everyone a lovely spring day.
~Stephanie
©Falling Leaves Photography ~ Stephanie Willis
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July's ABC Soup - O - Overexposed
Overexposed refers to the result of setting a too-low aperture and/or too-fast shutter speed for the light conditions and ISO setting. The image will appear very bright, with no black shadows.
So that's bad right? LOL
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+4 in comments
What to say about today? It wasn't the best day ever, but it also wasn't the worst. I don't feel good. My heart scares me, it's still feeling weird. I know it's my own fault, but I can't help. I can't recover, not yet...
I'm almost alive, and I need you to try
And save me.
It's okay that we're dying,
But I need to survive tonight, tonight.
Well excuse me while I get killed softly,
Heart slows down and I can hardly tell you I'm okay
Song of the day:https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=msWi0c4tHV8&list=PLyeezhUs5uh9gF1q5QTXBnBxderpiupCw&index=8&t=0s
I think I'm starting to crack under the pressure of doing a photo everyday. It's becoming much more difficult to do something that I'm happy with.... I'm not even half way done yet either... Ugh.
I'm getting used to walking all over campus again (and going to/from wherever we park).But I think I might have to give up my flip flops. I have really high arches... and my flipflops are flat. This equals hurting feet. And not to mention really dirty feet as well?
Justin wanted to do some levitation pictures, and then we had the idea to do one together.
we're like the white stripes except i can't play the drums, haha.
i'll probs post some in comments.
These days this is what I feel like when I start thinking about having to take another photo, hahahaaa...
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Still no camera, still no loving the pictures I take. The weather today was lovely:) I cleaned my room and I love it right now:) I still have to throw a lot of stuff out, but it's a start.
Pour me a heavy dose of atmosphere
'Cause I'll doze off safe and soundly
I think I can, I think I can..... After going through all that I've done so far it's funny to see how all over the place I've been. I really like the stuff I'm doing now, I've just got to keep pushing myself. Thank you all for your words of encouragement, it's needed...
Got home late and didn't have the energy to think too long about a photo.... So BANG! This is what I got! :-)
July's ABC Soup - P - Photoshop!!
I can't forget my best friend Photoshop when the letter of the day is P. Oh Photoshop how I love thee! You've saved my ass on so many occasions it should be illegal. But you also have your playful and fun side which has brought much joy to both my life and to others lives and for that I thank you and celebrate you!!
*Bonus points for Pedro! :-)
I have been wanting to try a levitation photo for a while now but have been feeling so uninspired as to what I want to create. So FINALLY I come up with this idea! It's about fighting yourself, that inner battle in your brain when you make a hard choice in life. I really wanted to express that in a conceptual way and I'm so so so happy with this picture.
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Dear summer, how could I ever live without you. Spend these days without your love, your sun kissing my energetic skin.
The bees even sing this song, and I can't help but sing along to this melody, speak out the words that I've kept in my heart for so long, waiting for you.
Never go, stay with me for eternity, I want to grow old with you, share my memories, my dearest moments with you and no one else.
PS. Is anybody willing to donate me one or two dollars? I only have 12 days left before I need to go pro in order to continue this project. Any help would be appreciated so, so much. I'm desperate.
January 5, 2023
The weekly photo was to use an off-camera light. I didn't have a way to put mine off camera at the moment so I decided to use a light I am in front of a lot. A look into my life. #working #computers #365selfportrait #editing
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This looks a lot like yesterday's one. Ah well.
My whole room is covered in glitters now. But it was definitely worth it:)
Today is going to be a pretty busy day, I've got a doctor's appointment and I've got physiotherapy.. And college
And a meeting..
And..
And..
If you've never read Clive Barkers Abarat, I seriously suggest it. That series is one of my favourites by him and is the inspiration for this photo. I wanted to create my version of the first time you hear about princess breath, AKA the creatrix. I am going to expand on these ones, hopefully more in the springtime. I love clive barker.
January 7, 2023
Week One in the books!
I always loved these mother daughter photos so I decided to get one of my own! (def going to take a bunch of these as she grows up). #motherdaughter #eyes #photography #love #365selfportrait
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Today was Sunday. Grandparents coming over, time going way too fast, trying to study, the usual. I need to go back to Enschede, have a way too busy week ahead of me. Only 7 more days until my vacation. Can't wait. I just hope it will be slightly less cold so I can take more pictures.
for every grain of sand, that you drew me pictures in.
yeah there was one for every time that my heart dropped again.
Since I cut my hair, I've been trying to figure out how I like it best, and what is easy and time-efficient to do, and to find a happy medium. Today I bought some rollers from Walmart. I thought I'd give them a try and see if they speed up the process.
Verdict - definitely not. Took me forever to put them in (like an hour or more!). I had to redo some because I couldn't wind tight enough and then pin in time. Not to mention my arms were about to fall off by the time I was done.
But I did have a little fun. I felt super feminine and was listening to music on the Pandora app on my phone and dancing around in my skivies.
[Boy was it hard to sleep in though! These are not the right kind to try to lay down in.. eek! I woke up every few minutes in pain! Are you even supposed to sleep in these? Or in any curlers/rollers?]
Bought a 20' bulb trigger release for the 4x5 camera. Makes self-portraits like this possible. Its pretty neat. Its a tiny air grenage attached to a long cord. when you squeeze it the air shoots through the cord and triggers the cable release, and voila, shutter is released and the film is exposed! This was my first test with it, and I'm pleased... worked as planned.
ABC Soup - H - Headache
This is the end of my alphabet, it's a sad day... I'll grieve about it later though, right now I have one of the worst headaches I've had in a really long time. It took everything I had to do this photo, all I can think about is the pain. My neck hurts, my eye sockets hurt.... sigh...
I just want to relieve the pressure, no matter what it takes...
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I love weekends. Doing nothing useful. I spent my morning watching TV, chilling and playing some games. Celebrating my grandmothers' 75 birthday today:) Family dinners. Got to love it. Seeing them again. Enjoying dinner.
It's really misty here, no taking pictures outside today..
When I lay tonight, when I close my eyes,
I know the sun will rise,
Here or the next life.
As long as you're still mine,
I was trying to come up with an idea for my self portrait today, because I really didn't have one planned at all. So after doing some brainstorming I decided to do a portrait based on an issue that is important to me - the treatment of animals, and the comparison people make to defend their actions. Let me just elaborate on that. People claim that because animals aren't as intelligent as humans or they don't feel as much pain as us, even saying they don't have emotions that it is okay to abuse them, for example: Using animals for cosmetic testing, the way farmed animals are kept and treated and the animal abuse cases you hear about; all of it makes shivers run down your spine. When you hear someone say "who cares it's just a dumb dog" or "It deserved to be punished because it did something wrong" it's very upsetting. How can someone not understand? Or feel empathy towards the situations that these creatures are put in? Not only is it incredibly inaccurate to claim that animals are less intelligent, don't feel pain and don't have emotions - it's hurtful to the cause of protecting them. I eat meat, I use cosmetics and I support medical animal testing so I'm no Peta animal activist, but I have strong empathy and a want to help animals that are being taken advantage of. I think more people need to be aware of the way that animals are viewed by others before you can fully help the animals themselves. How can you protect an animal when people are being taught by their parents that it's okay to hit them, or it's okay to stuff 3 oversized corn fed chickens into a wire cage? When I see people hit a dog because it knocked a cup off of a table, it makes me want to smack them. You have to inform and educate people before you can help the voice that can't be heard. If you take the dog away from the abuser, he's just going to get another dog (as an example). Anyways, another big rant I know - but I hope that you know more about what goes on in my brain and I hope you like the picture! <3 Thanks for sticking around if you managed to read my essay xD
Today I was tired and achy and did not want to go to school. Long story short, I got sent home with the possibility of H1N1 virus (swine flu), and didn't go to any of my classes. Blessing in disguise? More on the blog.