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Goodbye, again

Journal Entry: Thu Jun 26, 2008, 10:41 PM
I have decided to close my account at dA. Yes, I did the same about two years ago, but decided to give it another go after being away for a few months. There are a few of reasons for my second departure.

First, I finally have an actual website to showcase my work, which was primarily my reason for having a page here at dA. It's still under construction, but is up and running.

Second, I managed to invest in my first D-SLR last week. I got a Nikon D60 (10.2 megapixel) and a couple of lenses. Needless to say, my future work will be of far superior quality to anything I have posted previously, so I kind of feel that I'm starting a new chapter in my still developing (no pun intended) photography career. If I do return to dA one day, it will be with a new account.

Third, I receive virtually no feedback on my work here anymore. Feedback is very important to me, as is networking with other artists and those interested in my work. I literally have received more feedback on my work on Myspace this year than I have here. There's still a lot of quality work to be found here on dA, but with the staggering number of deviations that only increases by the second, most of us just get lost in the sauce. As far as photography, most of what I see being posted here these days are crude snapshots. There are a ton of websites devoted to online, personal photo albums, which much of the "photography" here would be better suited for. dA should be better than that. It should be a place for ART, not just another online gallery. Sadly, I think it's much closer to the latter at this point.

I thank all of you who have commented on/faved my work, and I apologize that all those faves are now gone, but you know where to find me.
www.jocphotography.com
Or, if you're on Myspace: [link]

Hope to hear from some of you.

Sláinte!

Jim

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    *Serenity-Falls:iconSerenity-Falls: Jun 24, 2008, 3:05:37 AM
    Thanks so much for the :+fav: on "Come Away With Me" :heart:

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    *Esau13:iconEsau13: Jun 10, 2008, 9:47:24 PM
    Thanks for the fav on The Terminator Tribute [link] and Soaring Eagle [link] You like the links?

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    =axentric:iconaxentric: Jun 3, 2008, 7:37:01 AM
    Thanks for your support! :hug:
    ~introspectre:iconintrospectre: May 12, 2008, 10:25:45 PM
    You're welcome, and thank you for the kind words. I always admire good nude photography. I've been wanting to get into it myself, but it's kinda hard when you don't have a studio. :doh:

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    *NowPictured:iconNowPictured: May 11, 2008, 2:09:32 PM
    Thank you so so so much for the fave on "the Catwalk" [link] :D I really appreciate it! :hug:

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    ~Johnsamuel:iconJohnsamuel: May 11, 2008, 2:03:04 PM
    Wow!!!
    Thanks for your words. That's way cool to hear. Even more when it comes from someone doing wonderful work like you are.

    Thanks for saying that out loud.
    peace..
    Sammy
    ~introspectre:iconintrospectre: May 8, 2008, 9:01:24 AM
    Always a pleasure. =D

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    *Serenity-Falls:iconSerenity-Falls: May 7, 2008, 7:13:05 AM
    Thanks for the :+fav: on "Dancing Eyes" Jim :)

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    *Narzaria:iconNarzaria: May 5, 2008, 12:17:35 PM
    :hug:

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    ~introspectre:iconintrospectre: May 4, 2008, 7:47:01 PM
    Yw. It's a great sketch! :nod:

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    *Narzaria:iconNarzaria: May 4, 2008, 6:02:01 PM
    ooo thanks for the fav btw :D

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    *Etoile06:iconEtoile06: May 4, 2008, 3:16:33 AM
    :smooch:

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    ~introspectre:iconintrospectre: Apr 23, 2008, 7:49:59 AM
    You're very welcome. :)

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    ~introspectre:iconintrospectre: Apr 14, 2008, 9:56:26 PM
    Thanks very much. :) I'll definitely have some more butterfly shots in the coming months. :butterflytwo:

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    ~introspectre:iconintrospectre: Apr 14, 2008, 9:53:33 PM
    Likewise. I appreciate it! :handshake:

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    ~BrowderChick:iconBrowderChick: Apr 14, 2008, 7:17:57 PM
    I love all your work. Especially the butterflies and the wolves.

    Ali

    ps - sent you an email.
    ~dhym0n:icondhym0n: Apr 14, 2008, 8:41:16 AM
    Thank you for the fav. You got some real nice photos =)
    ~introspectre:iconintrospectre: Apr 7, 2008, 7:46:15 PM
    Yw. Thank you for the :+devwatch:! =D

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    *Laysa:iconLaysa: Apr 7, 2008, 3:25:36 PM
    thanks for the favs! :rose:
    *Etoile06:iconEtoile06: Mar 29, 2008, 1:12:58 AM
    Merci beaucoup! :hug:

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    ~introspectre:iconintrospectre: Mar 27, 2008, 9:01:44 AM
    Thank you! Glad you stopped by. :)

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    ~introspectre:iconintrospectre: Mar 24, 2008, 2:11:45 PM
    Yw. :hug:

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