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Hey Flickr,
Its been about 15 weeks since my last post here. I know I've had these extended breaks from photography and social media in the past, but this was different. The last few weeks have been tumultuous to say the least. Starting from a major health scare for my dad to sitting one of the most challenging academic exam I've had to sit so far, which I did yesterday. I'm glad that this is over... for now at least, till life throws in another challenge that is.
So the story above equates to me spending no time behind the lens. Well, I've not been able to spend any time with my little boy and the wife let alone the camera. So now that this over, I plan to catchup on both these fronts.
I've been admiring your work during this quiet time and have seen some of you take your work to a new level which obviously inspires me to get out and push the limits. Hopefully I can.
I don't have any new shots to come back with, so here is one I've had processed and sitting in my vault for quiet some time now.
Hope you guys like it.
The title stems from the G20 summit Brisbane is hosting next month. The race is on to present the best of the city to the top world leaders in 3 weeks time.
Thanks to all of you for your time, comments and favs. Truly appreciated..
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The 2 Class 60s - 96 and 21 get the empties on the way back to Liverpool. They do run 2 locos together sometimes ,the 'spare'
driver seemed to be asleep in the nearside seat. It was listed as 2 locos on RTT.
It's time to get to work! Elf on the Shelf & his wife head back into work!
Some wonderful finds (Elf on the shelf) from the Tiny Frock Shop on eBay www.ebay.com/usr/tiny-frock-shop and at tinyfrockshop.com direct link to Elf on the Shelf tinyfrockshop.com/products/super-impulse-worlds-smallest-....
Photos by Steve McKinnis of stevemckinnis.com
Countdown to Christmas is available as a book/pdf at www.blurb.com/ebooks/pc9227a5b507c417297c7 and as a magazine at www.blurb.com/b/11010810-countdown-to-christmas.
About the Ebook
As a self-challenge for December 2021 a photo was taken every day up to Christmas Day (sometimes multiple photos a day) featuring 1/6 scale dioramas, Elf on the Shelf and Santa to celebrate the upcoming holiday. For any collector of smaller scaled items this is a must for any fan of Christmas in general.
Jazz was on my lap a little while ago getting the second of his three physical therapy treatments today. I just said to him, “You are such a pretty comma good dog.” That was to make sure he understood I wasn’t saying he was just a pretty good dog.
He has been an exceptionally patient patient, and he's healing well. He won't be himself until at least September 6th, when we return to the surgeon for the final checkup. I hope by then he's easily walking on his left leg.
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Once we reached the "Gabel", where the route via the SE ridge joins the Rothorngrat, we were facing the crux of the route - the Bienerplatte just above this abyss - in the bitterly cold shadow. We did the climbing via "moving together" (in German "am laufenden Seil"), which worked brilliantly.
The crew of the Gary Switcher has both pans up as they pump up the 803 and get ready for a days work at the Gary Station in December 1976.
Couldn't resist getting these clouds in, despite the heat haze. Taken from the old Route 66 overbridge near Mesita, NM, a BNSF stack train keeps several hundred trucks off the freeways as an eastbound freight is tied up in a siding to let the faster guys through. Sept 27 2015.
I posted a picture a while back of these Western Bluebirds when they were relatively newly-hatched. Here they are in a picture taken about 9 days later. I'm happy to report that just few days after I took this picture, all six fledged. Now I guess Kathi and I are empty nesters.
This is an elementary school. It is important to get off to a good start! See comments for more about this school.
HBM!
© David K. Edwards. This was on a couch in the lobby of a nameless and unmemorable motel somewhere, I think, near Los Angeles.
We finally saw the Shepard Fairey "Imperfect Union" show on its final day at the Merry Karnowski Gallery in LA.
Taken for the December Jules Photo Challenge
December 11 - Name a holiday tradition that has been passed down
from generation to generation in your family.
December, and even November sometimes, meant getting the tree and ornaments out. A time to pick favorites and even break out new ones.
It also meant cleaning to make way for the tree and decorations. :-(
Which is not too far off this year either as we still need to make space for the tree!
Don't normally let the camera get to close but on this occasion I am quite happy with the result. Hope you do not mind my indulgence.
Think I might actually be getting the idea of how to dress like the average woman in the street.
Think this looks ok and I felt comfortable and feminine.so not a bad result.
think I will need a new pair of boots soon these ones are so worn now I fear they wont last much longer.
You know you are doing this far to often when things start to wear out.
slight change in temperature its getting somewhat chilly in the evenings so what better way t stay warm other than putting some clothes on. Than to snuggle into a faux fur coat,
This is from last nights boudoir set the whole aim was to see how convincing the lace front wig was.
“Getting ready for Christmas”
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+ Baby Details +
♦️Shape: Kidorable – *Custom Shape*
♦️Head: ToddleeDoo – Bento Head
♦️Body: {Bebe} – Bebe Body Fitted
♦️Skin: Pity Party – Pearl Skin (Comes in Six Tones, Bodies included with each skin, Each Tone comes with Six brow options, Omega Appliers as well as BoM Layer options)
♦️Hair: ::Unorthodox– Jabi Hair ( Hair and hair base included. Comes in 4 base colors which can be color changed via the HSV color hud!)
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+ Adult Details +
♦️Hair: ::Unorthodox– Jabi Hair ( Hair and hair base included. Comes in 4 base colors which can be color changed via the HSV color hud!)
♦️Beard: ::Unorthodox– Jabi Chin Hair (Chin Mesh hair included. Comes in applier & mesh)
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+ Decor Details +
♦️Tree: :: Starries – My First Christmas Tree (Each color includes an interactive with music animated version that sits up to four toddlers and a lower Prim decorative version that can be resized.) – Roselline Event
♦️Car: :: Starries – Little Stars Car (Wear or Rez toy car / Sit ups to 4 avatars / Set your own custom plate via hud / Wear or Follow trailer with or without gifts.) – Roselline Event
Sometimes planned trips do not get you to your destination without some problems, as you can see in this photo of our plane leaving during the rain.
I was determined to get there in time so that I could spend time with my son for his birthday on Dec. 11th. We made it and had dinner out today with him.
Happy Birthday to my dear son Steve with loads of love always!
I have written the description for this 3 times and my computer keeps glitching and erasing it. I'll make this short and sweet this time since I can't trust my computer again. I was pushed by Doug (tagged to the right) to capture water drops. Took me awhile but I finally got my lighting and flash situated and this happened. I'm pretty happy with it, and glad I didn't have to go out into the cold to capture it ;) Hope you like it Doug!
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Getting ready like this could really be effective sometimes!
Too bad I don't possess these abilities in real life though..
I am wondering if 2015 could possibly be the year that I take Helene to a new level. So far since I began cross-dressing fifteen years ago, then age 41 with much smoother skin, I have transformed into my female alter-ego mainly in privacy and usually alone. I have rarely net another transvestite. I did venture out in public very briefly in 2002 but soon lost my nerve and since then have felt queasy at the prospect of going out in public while dressed as a woman.
I'm aware I have been fortunate enough to be complimented on my appearance when attempt the art of female illusion. My problem is I cannot quite see myself as others do, I feel a complete failure in my efforts but I’m not gloomy or down, far from it. I feel elation and joy and love to be dressed as a woman. I just feel I don’t actually look remotely feminine in any way. I wish I did.
However, I feel my fears on venturing out starting to recede somewhat more because I so enjoy the rare occasions I become Helene that part of myself is desiring to actually spend time actually being her out in the world. There is an enthusiasm starting to build within me.
The adorable and supportive Pamela Lennon has encouraged me for several years now and I am grateful to her. Another T-Girl, Claire Doolan, has also been encouraging me and I am grateful to her as well. The warm hearted Amanda McG has been truly wonderful and has really boosted my confidence considerably recently.
I now find myself musing on what I will wear and how I will style my wig for the day I venture out….there, I’ve said it…venture out…
Yes, I am now musing over the prospect and I’m not quite as fearful as I was. My problem is I genuinely want to be perceived as female not male. I do not want to be a man dressed up i want to be a woman completely when I venture out. Obviously, this is down to me getting the look right, getting my behaviour and mannerisms right and coming across convincingly as female. I want this so much I feel momentum to g through with it pushing me within.
I often hear remarks such as don’t worry about passing, just be who you are. Well who I am is a man that seeks to pass, that’s what I dream of. I don’t ant anything else. I want to go out and portray myself as a woman wholeheartedly for the period I am dressed and acting as one. It’s my goal. I‘m not keen on just settling for a lesser experience I have been heading for this one for all of my adult life.
This is a picture taken on the camera self timer last June. It was evening and I was trying my utmost to create a real world female appearance. To be honest I felt rather nice and excited in this outfit. I was aiming for a feminine nicely dressed woman look with (hopefully) nice enhancing make-up and a shorter contemporary hair style. I am not very tall as a person and my face is quite bland with a weak chin (all good for me as a transvestite). I feel a shorter hair style back combed helps create a slightly more elegant shape to my whole body shape. More importantly, I find when I wear a shorter wig style I feel more feminine, it feels more real to me than the favoured transvestite choices of long hair styles. Some aces suit longer hair but I find a shorter wig opens up my face ore and is a bit more feminine as a result.
I usually study real women that look stylish and feminine and I noticed the key is choosing a hair style that works with ones facial shape not necessarily a hair style one wants to wear because as transvestites it fits more our perceived ideal of how a woman should look.
I believe fervently that discovering what works and looks female is the key to succeeding in creating a convincing female appearance. We usually pursue a goal of that which we like, which is fair enough, one should be free to enjoy what they like, but often that does not mean it is going to work out for the best. My mantra for several years is ‘be the woman you can be, not the woman you want to be’.
If you are keen to become a convincing looking woman then being willing to have an open approach is the best way to proceed in my personal view. It’s all bot getting the mix right and finding the right combinations of styles and make-up application. So often transvestites just put on things in a hotchpotch manner and don’t apply their make-up with any kind of direction to making the most of feminising one’s face. Cross-dressing is fun but you if you seek to pass then some discipline and direction needs to be adhered to of one wishes to look realistically like a woman. It is an art form and becoming skilled in the art of illusion is a skill worth mastering.
I would suggest one does not become too drab and dowdy, nice clothes are out thee for women of all ages, why blend in so much one is invisible. I know my vanity likes the feeling of being admired as a woman. I like the idea of being seen as feminine and (hopefully) attractive and if at all possibly, stylishly dressed. I would enjoy admiring glances for these reasons. It is what I call the right kind of attention. I know many women certainly enjoy admiring attention. As Helene I too would like that.
I suppose Helene frees up suppressed flamboyant aspects of my persona. The dressing up, the make-up, the hair, the click of the heels, the swish f hem on a dress…yes, I want to catch peoples eye but I know it is all just down to my vanity. I do feel more emboldened as a woman so I wonder just how I will become once I have ventured out on a few occasions? Will the dam break? Will I thrive on being Helene the woman out an about? I cannot help feeling I will probably get completely at home with the persona, something within me feels sure of this though I cannot say why.
I’ve reached the point now in my life where women I see and admire and who are quietly confident and draw the admiring glances of both men and women have inspired me to the cusp of I too want to become one of them (albeit part time). I want to be waking along in a tailored skirt suit, legs on display clad in nude coloured tights, feet swathed in stylish high heel court shoes, a perfectly ironed tailored blouse and precisely applied make-up and a beautifully styled wig with my nails painted and a fragrant air of perfume. Yes indeed, I really would like to be such a woman.
Will I finally become such a woman?
This year? Maybe…
We got the colours but not the clouds, slowly getting closer to the shot I wanted to start this project with.