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Interviewing jonniedee
Whereabouts are you from?
“I'm from a lot of places in the Midwest of the United States, but I have spent the majority of my life in the beautiful Upper Peninsula of Michigan.”
How long have you been using your current form of art?
“My current form of art is digital photography. I have only been seriously involved in it since June of 2010.”
What are the necessities for you to achieve the effects that you have achieved so far within your work?
“The necessities that allow me to work are my friends (online and offline), family, strangers I pass by on the street, my roommate's camera and Photoshop CS5. Oddly enough I am just about to buy my first "real" DSLR ”
What prompted you to begin to embrace the subjects that you mainly work with?
What prompted me to embrace photography was boredom and curiosity. Work was a bit slow this past summer and I had many opportunities to walk around the city of Chicago, where I currently reside. Being from a very small town, I wanted to become familiar with my surroundings. To me there was no better way than to go out and start photographing my environment and the people in it.
What kind of in camera techniques and manipulations do you use and can you recommend to achieve Abstract and (or) Surreal Photography?
"My favorite camera techniques are bokeh and macro. For Bokeh photography one needs three things. These are pin point highlights, a large aperture and a short focal distance. For Macro photography, most cameras have a Macro function and you can shoot your subject a few inches from the lens."
What advice do you have for beginners in your field? What first inspired you and is there any strong advice you had when you first started out that you could share?
"My advice to beginners in photography is to get out and shoot as much as possible. When you take a shot, shoot it again 2 or 3 more times. There is nothing wrong with having too many photos. It's better than not having enough. Also, think about the composition and the lighting. The more practice you have, the better you will get. And honestly, not every photo is going to be great or even good."
What is your favourite image of yours, and why? How did you achieve it?
My favorite photograph has to be "Unter dem Deckmantel"
because it's is such an odd angle and the people in the shot had no idea that I was there. I achieved this shot from a high floor of the Hard Rock Hotel in downtown Chicago, IL USA.
Is there anything else you'd like to add?
"If you really love art, don't ever stop creating it. Everybody has ups and downs, creative blocks and creative explosions. So do not get too frustrated when you can't think of a unique idea. Just keep being you."
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Nom Nom #90 It's Christmas!!!!!
Merry CHRISTMAS! In honour of the festive day, this month's Nom Nom theme is focusing on tasty seasonal noms of the very best kind! Whether you celebrate the season or not, these tasty treats are bound to have you licking your lips and breaking out the baking utensils!
Previous Noms
Strawberries | Cinnamon | Chicken | Apples | Chocolate | Brussel Sprouts | Cocktails | Ice Cream | Spaghetti | Raspberries | Pineapple | Bread | Rice | Blueberries | Cupcakes | Tea | Cherries | Toast | Cheesecake | Soup | Apple Pie | Casserole | Halloween | Sausage | Pie | Macaroons | Sushi | Christmas | Peppers | Chinese Food | Eggs | Ham | Garlic | Tomatoe |
Sometimes when you're not looking...
The best things pop up in your newsfeed. And oh my gosh I've been getting to know my newsfeed again today. Things actually appear in there. I'm ashamed to say that when I was a CV a lot of the time it became a click and delete activity, because there was so much. I lost touch with people, I lost touch with a lot of what I wanted to do and what I was interested in. So with this in mind, I found Farand (https://www.deviantart.com/farand)'s latest journal really poignant as he shared this quote...
"The important point for us is to realise that we are basically good. Our only problem is that sometimes we don't actually acknowledge that goodness. We don't see it, so we blame
Nom Nom 89#
This time around, the Tasty Nom has been suggested by cookielover17 (https://www.deviantart.com/cookielover17) who suggested that I put together a feature of Childhood Nostalgia images. It's hard to do because we've all likely had so many different memories across the world, but here are just a few I found when I searched! What are your favourite childhood treats and recipes?
Previous Noms
Strawberries | Cinnamon | Chicken | Apples | Chocolate | Brussel Sprouts | Cocktails | Ice Cream | Spaghetti | Raspberries | Pineapple | Bread | Rice | Blueberries | Cupcakes | Tea | Cherries | Toast | Cheesecake | Soup | Apple Pie | Casserole | Halloween | Sausage | Pie | Macaroons | Sush
This is where I leave you
I just love dramatic titles. I'm not leaving you though, but yes today is the day that things change after such a long time.
I started my Volunteer career on DeviantArt in July 2010. So that means I've been floating around your inboxes, DDing, writing articles and doing lots of photography related shenanigans for over half a decade. Of course, I started out long before that but offically and all that, it's been over five years.
Half a decade. A Demi-Decade. Five years. I have to say that it has flown by. From the day that I first pestered moonbeam13 (https://www.deviantart.com/moonbeam13) into letting me oversee a gallery that technically wasn't vacant (Abstract and Surreal
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