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No one read the last journal I posted, but here I go again anyway. I haven't been here since August, which is horrible, but I'm back now. Big life updates: -I quit smoking -I'm going to start cosmetology school to be a hairstylist -My boyfriend is going to move here in three months On the photography front, things have been going really well-- I've done two shoots with models, well, friends, but both are men, which is awesome & I have three more shoots set up for sometime in the near future! I've discovered that my one big failing as a photography is that I'm horrible at giving direction-- if we're just doing a "fucking around" shoo

I am alive. Sorry about the large leavetaking, but it just happened. I haven't really been taking photos (unless you count snapshots of friends) so I didn't really know what to put here. Mostly I've taken some self-portraits, but there are others too. I've been practicing smiling for the camera. I know that sounds odd, but I don't really do it. So, there's those. I've also been trying different camera angles, sort of. I try doing things differently, but I'm stuck. I keep going back to the same type of shot which is annoying. Really the only thing that's changed is my personal life, my music & my editing. In other news-- I am a

So, it's been quite a while since I posted a journal (or at least it feels that way). A lot has happened in my personal life, not much in the photography part. My boyfriend on/off/on/off for the past six years is coming to live with me in January-ish, I found out I have a heart problem (tachycardia) & have to see a cardiologist this month, I've been sick for the past two weeks & just now feel somewhat better, & I'm going to quit smoking, among other things. On the photography front I haven't done too much. I've taken about three sets of photos since April 26th, but I'm not going to post all of them. Most (two sets) are random self-sh