Managed to sleep 'til 5 am, be awake 'til 8, then sleep 'til 2 pm. Feel like caca.
I snuck back into the studio to make myself feel better. But then I wanted to take some pictures to share and they're so crap, I swung back to caca.
I got me some photoshop elements so that my pictures couls be reasonably good, but there seems to be a lot of ps elements issues. Like the fact that I have a PowerPC processor instead of an Intel one (?). Which makes more recent versions unusable. So I bought version 6. 
But man, hearing all the complaints on the reviews stressed me out. I don't know the things they're talking about and don't wanna spend entire days getting the run-around on the automated phone system while trying to get help.
Plus I had one of those horrible stress dreams where you're back in school, can't find your locker or locker combination, forgot your schedule and can't remember how to find it. Plus it may be finals and you've just realized you were signed up for several classes you've forgotten to ever attend.Ugh, I can't get the colors right on these! It's totally the automatic focus washing them out. They I over-saturate to compensate and it's a mess. ugh, ugh, ugh.
On another tangent- this piece is now available for general purchase as it is no longer on reserve:
A tiny tiny grain of sand in the sky.
Note- It sold already! MAN that was fast. Oh happy yay. Despite caca-tude and possible low-grade fever with flu-like aches. Happy yay with cacatude!
A tiny tiny grain of sand in the sky. Note- It sold already! MAN that was fast. Oh happy yay. Despite caca-tude and possible low-grade fever with flu-like aches. Happy yay with cacatude!
i will have to remember caca-tude
ReplyDeletevery funny..your photos are not icky by the way ..
I wouldn't read the reviews on a software until I really run into a problem. Those forums just make you want to throw the software out.
ReplyDeleteBut the photos look fine to me. Were you using a flash?
BTW, thanks for stopping by - I so appreciate it!
Sorry, but I've just been laughing out loud about that nightmare of yours. Even told my husband about it. That thing about the finals and the classes you had totally forgotten to attend. I know such dreams. And in your dream you are panicing, thinking how you could get out of your trouble, and at the same time wondering how you could forget your classes for a whole year. I don't know why, but I find it hilarious. Thank you so much for that laugh!
ReplyDeleteI think your photos are great and you know I loooove your jewellery. Such an inspiration. But personally I don't think the surface of that plastic grey-metallicy manequin goes with your style at all. Also it creates unattractive glares which I find disturb the overall impression. Could you perhaps make something with the surface. Paint it, decoupage it or something else so it would work better in your photos. It should have a matte surface really, to avoid the glares.
All my best,
Malin
yes, i think you have a point about the mannequin. i thought it was ok, since i only show it as the final picture, to show how an item hangs. But her boobs are so huge and perky it really interferes with the hang....
ReplyDeleteugh, another purchase coming up...
(also- doesnt everyone have those dreams about school at some point?)
I don't mind her boobs. I don't think you need to buy a new one. How about some decoupaging with paper of the same style as you use for your backgrounds. Just an idea. It would create a nice family feeling to all your photos, or maybe just some rather plain but beautiful paper in a colour that could go for skin colour. I think you might have to do some sanding of the surface first, just to roughen it up. I would like a manekin myself - I also want to do some sanding on some big plastic boobs ... Or do I really? You will have to tell me all about it if you do it.
ReplyDeleteAbout the dream, yes that's maybe why it is so funny, coz we all have them. They are just such crazy and over the top stressful creations of our minds.
All my best,
Malin
OMG. I'm so glad I discovered your blog! Your work is amazing!
ReplyDeletei put a hoody on her, backwards, and it just might work... it's made of very thin fabric.
ReplyDeleteWe did ours by papier-mache-ing two rolls of toilet paper around the shoulders and bust of a similar mannequin. Shockingly, it worked.
ReplyDeleteIt's so good to hear that someone else has those exact dreams. I'm about to graduate from college and I still have dreams that I skipped six months of middle school classes and am going to have to repeat everything since then.