i don't know that my pictures are getting any better, but i've found that shooting through the viewfinder forces me to compose the shot better. hopefully this means that the pictures i take are getting more interesting, but i can't promise anything.

my terrific bestest best friend mark romberg gave me (well, sort of) a Fuji Finepix S2500 with a 512MB memory card. oh em gee, does it ever have good color. now i just need to take it out with me and not be so afraid of looking like a dumbface.

also, mark is my favorite. spaceeba, mark!

and, devArt? LET ME USE CYRILLIC! kthxbye.

i really want to get better at what i do, artistically. i'm planning on taking photography I in the spring, but before then i am basically adrift on my small boat made of a point-and-shoot digital camera and some basic knowledge on how to use it interestingly.

all this to say that i want real critique from people qualified to give it. i want someone to say "this is neat/okay, but this would help." i also want someone to give me tips on how to better use my Canon Elph, and on what kind of manual camera to use during photography I (even though, chances are, i'll have to borrow from a friend.)

so, please, when you look at anything i have here, give me an opinion and if you can, some critique. i can't better myself otherwise.

i really like the new look, but it's certainly taking some getting used to. still having trouble finding some things....

has anyone noticed DA is getting *really* trashy? there are fetish shots as daily deviations now, and before that there were ads for suicide girls. are there really so few people with taste left in the world that we are all going to be bombarded with trash for the rest of our lives?

i think society answered that question before i asked it, by about ten years, and the answer is a definitive YES.