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Ferrari Enzo, Jaguar XJ220, Porsche 959, Ferrari 360, Ferrari 550, Ferrari 400 Prototype, and BMW Z8 all owned by one lucky fellow that I photographed for Heavy Hitters Magazine.
can be a mighty power. Always motivate your friends to give not less as their best.
This picture was made in cooperation with Aydin Firehawk (many thanks). Look at his amazing pictures under www.flickr.com/photos/aydinfirehawk/
I created these custom fashion illustrations for #Normani from the #Motivation music video. Thanks to Normani & her team for reaching out. 💕
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this is what happens when your sister comes home to visit, gets bored and decides to make you 'motivational' pictures and stick them all around your studio to help you work better....
Real Me needs some help from Lego Me . Daily weigh in, past look and future. Bricks on right represent 311/2 lbs lost, bricks on left 16 3/4 lbs to go. Started October, hope to finish Easter.
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The motivation for yesterday's train chasing trip was to bag Twin Cities & Western's sole operational CF7.
The CF7's were built by Santa Fe in the 70's, who modified their gorgeous, first generation streamlined locomotives (this one was an F7A built in 1951) into the more practical and utilitarian form seen here. This particular unit has been further modified into a slug (unable to move under its own power, it instead leeches electricity from another locomotive to provide extra traction at low speeds). They were all sold off by Santa Fe by 1987, and ended up all over North America, mostly in shortline and industrial service. While not impossible to find out in the wild now, they're certainly unusual, and in a decade of chasing trains, this is the first time I've seen one moving.
The icing on the cake, if any was needed, was that they're running here on the MPLI, which is the former M&STL mainline to South Dakota; after two brushes with abandonment, it operates today as a subsidiary of the Twin Cites & Western. The eastern end of the line has recently been rebuilt to 25 MPH standards; the less-used western portion, seen here, is good for 5-10 MPH.
After going west with a single covered hopper for Morton, MN, the power is seen here heading east. As as swanky as this is, they were embarking on at least an hour's worth of poorly illuminated running at walking pace, without a train, through the featureless prairies of Western MN - it was time to call of the the chase and head 20 minutes north to TCWR's mainline, where a westbound lead by a GP20C, GP10, and GP20C were calling...
Been feeling pretty unmotivated to work on figures recently. I don't know when I'll feel motivated again, so I might be inactive for a while.
Adapting a popular song from the 1970s I often find myself singing 'sometimes I want to be a woman' I do also sing the actual line 'sometimes it's hard to be a woman' too as I can relate to both sentiments. I frequently segue into the chorus line of 'stand by your man' unconsciously then a sudden awareness of what I just sang brings me to a halt! Realisation I'm not a woman crashes in and I feel a mix of regret, sadness and fear yet at the same time I feel contentment, delight and real joy.
My relationship with my transvestism is something that fascinates me greatly and is something I really enjoy analysing and on rare occasions get to discuss, I am completely fascinated by my transgender feelings. I do often question my motives as being a transvestite brings with it a lot of emotions and satisfaction, indeed a sense of fulfilment yet it also carries for me doubt and guilt and confusion.
One of the things that causes me fear is the sheer joy I experience when I dress up as a woman, I absolutely love it and find part of me willing to assume the persona of a female with great eagerness. I really want it and to completely cross the gender line and no longer be a man. That part of me is something I feel I fight and suppress as I have fears of what it may set free. The big fear is it may well destroy my actual life with my wife, family, colleagues and work.
For me to appear, or more accurately attempt to appear as a woman is a heady powerful emotional desire that I will openly admit I am drawn to. I simply adore dressing up as a woman and trying to pass myself off as a female. Surely this is not what a man should be doing? Well, that's what society may tell us yet I live as a man and love to be a woman.
There are for me undoubted thrills that accompany the initial cross-dressing such as I may on occasion become sexually aroused by the act of transforming myself into the opposite gender. There is of course the thrill of performance and creating an illusion, in fact the act of attempting female impersonation (albeit not on stage or for theatrical entertainment) gives me a real buzz despite the fact it I only ever cross-dress in private.
I am keen to pass as a woman and to act the role convincingly. As I love female impersonation and acting I constantly challenge myself to try and become the woman I am appearing as and not let any of the man be evident. As a consequence I try to think myself into believing I am female. To try and feel and act more realistically female I create back stories for my female alter-ego and really try to become her as I find the challenge something that is incredibly adventurous.
Sometimes I almost pass out with fear when I act like I find men attractive or talk about my (imaginary) ex husband and boyfriends. The man in me is repelled by this yet the woman I am attempting to portray feels at home. I do try to get over my male fears as I do dream of one day passing convincingly in every way as a woman. I kind of believe if I want to appear realistically to be female then I need to become female in my thinking and interaction.
I have found, despite my male fears, I do feel more like a female by thinking of the camera as my boyfriend and trying to act a bit flirty. Somehow it adds an extra element of femininity to the vibe and hopefully to the photos.
I rationalise this by telling myself I am supposed to be a woman when I have gone to all of the effort to become Helene so I need to switch over into being her. My body is shaved, my genitals are tucked, I have false breasts, my face is painted in make-up, I'm wearing a wig with a female hair style and I'm wearing knickers and bra and a dress and high heels with painted nails...I am trying to look like a woman so I really should try and make the whole ensemble come together and try and fulfil those efforts in a way that makes the illusion feel convincing and real to those who see her. I want my alter-ego to pass as a woman in every way, it's an ambition I harbour as a transvestite.
My vanity, indeed I'm sure more my ego, would love to one day experience being taken out for dinner as Helene by a man. As a transvestite trying to pass as a woman that surely has to be rewarding? To be wined and dined and treated as a lady and spend the evening as a woman being admired by men is the ultimate in passing. It has nothing to do with sex, it is all to do with an inner dream of being able to pass convincingly as a female.
I feel more at ease talking abut such scenarios now as I know my own sexuality and I know I would have enjoyed working as a female impersonator and acting as a convincing looking transvestite in films when I was younger. I enjoy those films when a woman is revealed to be a man and every body is surprised as they never saw it coming. The same with female impersonation, I am in awe of men who look, sound and can behave like women yet the audience know that she is in fact a man performing as a woman. I have been ridiculed, indeed at times humiliated in the past for expressing these personal views and ambitions but as I get older I now think why not be honest about my own motivations and issues related to why I engage in transvestism.
In this photo from early June I was totally getting into being a woman and would happily have posed with a man on my arm to sell the illusion I was female. I enjoyed wearing this outfit and if I am honest felt very much at home appearing like this. The intensity of the moment was quite something to cope with, I wanted nothing more than to remain female forever. However, about four hours after this photo was taken I returned to being a man and was quite happy to do so. I think the knowledge I desire to dress up and look female and act as if I am female is something I get a buzz from. The fact I rarely get to cross-dress is probably what I find attractive about being a transvestite. If I was a woman full time I would not likely get the rewards I have emotionally and physically that I get from the occasional cross-dressing experiences. Yet, I feel there is a part of me that wishes I was female.
To be a cross-dresser is quite a mixed bag of emotions and motivations, nothing is that clear cut and I confess I rather like this often confusing exciting and worrying mix that goes on within me. I am addicted to it, I really am.
All one needs is a little push from a hellhound to get you through your workout. Oh, and killer shoes.
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Just a little fun motivational video from my Utah Trip!
Enjoy your Sunday my friends!
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I was trying to choose between this and another photo, and asked my friend's opinion. She emphatically said THIS ONE, and said it reminded her of one of those motivation posters, you know the kind with the text at the bottom that say cheesy things like "There's no I in TEAM" and "Reach for the moon, if you miss you'll land among the stars."
LOL. Gotta love those friends that put your "serious photographic decision" in perspective.
I've not had time to get out and wander around with the ticks in the gorge this year and so I'm posting this shot from a previous year to motivate me to get these projects behind me and go wandering.
This shot was made near the parking lot of Rowena Crest overlook in the Columbia River Gorge.
Explore - May 10, 2012 #42
Motivation
Vignette 3/52 - "8x8x52 Project"
My goal is to build at least one 8x8 base vignette per week, for a consecutive 52 weeks. This is build 3 of 52.
Not the same color as Motivation 1? Did some bracketing... 3 exposures in one shot then choose the one I prefer.
I'll be uploading photos from my archive. Don't have ample time to go out and photo shoot.
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Always a classic is Audrey Hepburn, I'm a huge fan of her inspiring quotes, beauty, looks, everything. Sometimes when I'm feeling down or unmotivated, I'll Google all her inspiring quotes. This is just one of my many faves......
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