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Procrastinating

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Well, I'm currently meant to be editing a wedding album for a friend of mine and while it is going well I can't help getting distracted by Dev Art and checking out galleries and submitting some landscapes from earlier this year.  Got a day off for Ekka today- YAY!  

I've been thinking about starting a print gallery- been thinking about it for over a year now.  As part of my prize for my the IDEAS contest I recieved a complimentary print gallery.  But I just am hesitant to get started.  Does anyone have any advice related to this?  Even if your advice is not to start a print gallery I would appreciate it.  

Love, compassion, kindness,

Rachel
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Well I have had a very busy week.  I had the thought the other day that my universe was very small- I get up, got to work, eat lunch mostly at my desk, go home, do housework, go on the computer, go to bed.  With a few variations- yoga classes etc, trips to Stanthorpe occasionally on weekends my life was getting quite dull.

I watched the movie 'What the Bleep Do We Know' the other night.  It was awesome and really made me think.  I would recommend it to anyone interested in quantum physics, the meaning of life and all that.  

So that movie made me think- gee my life is dull- I am really shy and haven't stepped out of my comfort zone much lately.  Time for a change.  

On Thursday at yoga I asked my teacher if I could photograph her.  This is a huge thing for me because barely know her- had never spoken to her before and I am soooo shy usually.  She said YES!!!!  Yay!!!   She is also a dancer and has a really lovely energy about her.  I'm going to call her tomorrow to organise a time.  This is very exciting though am a little (a lot) nervous too!

On Friday I actually left the studio for an hour for my lunchbreak (no way! actually take my whole lunchbreak- unheard of).  I went down the road to this quaint cafe that sells giftware and such.  It was so lovely- I had tea and a chicken and avocado crepe and wrote in my journal.    

On Saturday I went to the Medieval Fayre with my b/f and that was heaps of fun.  It's amazing how many people get dressed up and know how to fence and all that.  Afterwards we went to a singing workshop that teaches the absolute basics of singing and to help you get over your fear of singing.  I am the worst singer but the class was really fun and challenging.  The scariest part was when we all had to sing and walk around the room and make eye contact with total strangers.  It is so distracting that you totally forget about how you are singing because you are so worried about having to make eye contact with other people.

My b/f left me in the valley and I wandered about taking photos and I did something that I have always wanted to do but would never have dared.  I asked a total stranger if I could take her photograph.  She was a lovely girl and agreed.  I will submit as a dev shortly.  Also shot my windows project- an ongoing project where every August I photograph a row of six delapidated windows- documenting their gradual distruction and decay.  A project that is probably of no interest to anyone except myself.


So I've definitely been overcoming some barriers with my photography and hopefully getting over my shyness.  I have been feeling a lot more positive and ALIVE the last few days.  I had been feeling really down because of my job- production isn't really what I want to be doing all my life and I seem to be getting pushed into staying at the computer more and more at work and it is sooooo draining and I have RSI in my right side and it just sucks!!!!

Hmmm well this has been quite a long rant.  Hope you are having a great day!
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It's definitely been a while since a did anything to my dev page.  Hmm about a year? Yikes.  I have been back a few times to poke around and look at images but its about time I update my page.  I spent the early part of this year filing and catergorizing my images, then forgot about it.  I have so many photos that are doing nothing but sit on a CD.  What a waste!  No one ever sees them.  Even I'd forgotten how many images I've taken to the point of complaining that I never take any photos.  I take lots of photos I just never do anything with them.  It's frustrating. So I thought I'd come back to dev art to show my photos to people.  I'm the biggest procrastinator though and I'm very shy- even with the distance of a computer.  But I should stop making excuses....

Hello to anyone out there reading this.  How are you?  How was your day?  Are you going well with your creative pursuits or feeling a bit stifled/blocked/ bored/ whatever.  I'd love to hear from you!
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Woh! and Oops!

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Wow! This is so terrible!!!!!   But so FANTASTIC!!!

I am so sorry to all the people who have left comments and I haven't gotten back to.  I honestly hadn't been able to log into my account for three weeks and as it turns out it was all because the date on my computer was set to August instead of July!    Unbelievable.

I am so thrilled to have won the IdeAs contest.  I had so much fun shooting it and then selecting which four would go together to best tell the story.  Then I had to do the writing for it which was a challenge because I haven't had to do any writing for ages.  The biggest challenge was having to keep in mind while I was shooting that I would not be allowed to edit the prints.  It meant I had to really work hard at getting the technical side of things right from the outset.  That was fun though and I think I learnt a lot from doing this assignment.

I am so grateful and appreciative for all the feedback and comments I have recieved from everyone.

Thankyou to all!
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Peak Hour

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Just submitted three new deviations.  These were shot during an evening peak hour at brisbane's Central station.  This shoot was quite a challenge for me.  Being quite conspicuous is not really my thing and I sure attracted a lot of attention that day with my tripod and camera.  I'm glad a did it though.  It made me come out of my safety zone a lot and I really, really wanted to capture those images.  I think I succeeded with what I wanted to achieve: nice, long exposures to capture the hustle and bustle of peak hour as well as how everyone seems to be so involved in their own little worlds.

  The train station to me is a halfway point.  Halfway between work/ college/ friends and home.  I've spent a lot of time a train stations and am still fascinated by this halfway place and I love watching all the people coming and going.  I wonder about the lives they lead and what life experiences they've had and so much more.  

Hehe but during this shoot I did find out that, in fact, one is not meant to take photographs on station property without permission.  I had a very nice station master tell me so...

It was fun anyway.
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