darklabyrinthe

This is gonna be really really short, I Just wanted to wish everyone a happy holiday, I should get caught up on here soon, been pretty busy lately outside here in the *cough* "real world".. Hope everyone is enjoying the ride! Peace and Love to all

So for those that weren't aware my camera(40D Canon) had been out of commission for a while apparently with a dead shutter, I kept getting ERR99. My warranty had run out as the camera had been bought cheaply as a refurb back in january. So being as silly as I am decided to replace it myself after seeing 40D shutters for sale on ebay for $60, fortunately I was able to complete the repair successfully. I was a little nervous because I hadn't seen any mention from do-it-yourselfers in forums saying that they had completed that sort of repair themselves for that model.(though i did see one that had done it for a 20D and that gave me enough confidence to do it on my own)

This is what my 40D looked like torn down to the shutter.



And now its working like new again, hopefully it continues to


So that out of the way, I'd like to say hello to all of my new watchers and thanks to everyone for the support.

Here are some of my more recent faves and yea its not all photos, I look at alot more than just photography on here, these really stood out to me, thank you for looking!


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I plan on doing some watcher features in my next journal or two, if anyone wishes to be featured just respond below or note me, the only catch is that I get to pick the photo/photos that get featured

Sooo I was gone for a week up in Maine, no computer, no internet (was lovely) and when I got home I noticed one of my photos

ended up as a DD, so this is just a quick thank you to jadefyres-freedom and morbidXfox for suggesting it and FaMz for featuring it, muchos gracias! :] needless to say theres alota messages I havent responded to

Its been a pretty soggy summer here so far, so I hope everyone else is staying dry at least

Well.. I haven't been on here too much lately or been thanking people for favorites or watches in a while. I think once it went over like 1000 I just sorta left it there, it just seemed a little too overwhelming to even try. So thanks to each and everyone whos been commenting, faving or just watching in recent months, I do appreciate it.

Most of the stuff I've done on this website is pioneering work or just goofing off. I haven't been doing photography for very long but I feel like I have a pretty good base floor understanding since I started doing this in January. My biggest weakness technically is probably photoshop. I don't even know how many times I've adjusted an image and then compared it to the camera's JPG and then said to myself, good god.. I really think you do become blind if you stare at something long enough I think I also really need to invest in a quality monitor, I've been using a widescreen HDTV for a while and its really crap for photo adjustments. Does anyone have any recommendations for a reasonably priced widescreen monitor that also has accurate color reproduction?

So after 6 months of killing my cameras shutter I think I decided I wanna focus mostly on conceptual art and just do maybe some landscapes or whatever else when the opportunity arises, although I don't think I ever wanna get too locked into one facet. I think I'd get way too bored and that would be the end of it.. I've also wanted to do some more painting or even sculpting but I always have this tendency to bite off more than I can chew sometimes and nothing ever gets finished.

Anyhow if you want, this is a good time to say hello or tell me you hate me sometimes its nice to venture beyond the mundane ridiculousness that this website commands at times, one could die of repetitive stress injuries.

Heres some faves I gathered recently, good stuff!

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Thanks for looking