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So I was explaining to my friend, that when I did my work. I shot on film, maybe 100 shots, no do overs, you see the shots days later.

Then I explained, on Digital you have instant Review, do overs, 6 shot burst shots, and 6000 shots,

Then I showed him a print image, and tried to explain, photoshop and the difference,

So, thats the Contest, I will post a raw image scan, of one of my Prints, from back in the day.

In a few days. Lets see what you can do with it.

Crop, Rotate, color change, whatever. There are No Rules.

Show me what you can do.

Winner will be chosen by DA views, and my opinion.

You can just clean it up, change the background, or turn it into Surreal Art.

Lets Play.
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So many of you have asked me in Private Messages, "Where do you find your Models?" Or, what they really mean is, "Where can I find some too?"

Well, it depends on what you mean by Models. If we are talking about attractive women, that's one thing. If you mean Sports Cars, that's another. Or maybe you are obsessed with tall buildings, or awesome Sunsets. Take a look around you, if you are not surrounded by those things and/or see them on a daily basis, then I suggest you Move, or Travel.

That's why I live in Dallas, "By God," Texas. If you don't like Dallas, and you don't mind traffic, and the Humidity, I suggest Houston. Failing that, you can visit Austin, but I don't suggest moving there, the Police Department makes the SS look like slackers. Pretty much anywhere in Texas except Corpus Christi, will work.

Dallas, and Texas in general has an abundance of lovely young ladies, BUT!

Here is the thing. There "Used," to be a certain sorta of cachet, to being an Artist, or a Photographer. That's mostly, all kinda gone.

I blame Digital cameras. It used to be, guys look me, who shot on film had great work, you could tell we did great work. The creeps who "Pretended," to be me, did crap work, and it showed. I was posting work in Magazines, and local publications, and models found me. Creeps hung around Malls, bothered girls, and had business cards.

Now the Creeps have digital cameras, which give them do overs, and then they have photoshop, and they post on some shitty website like Model Mayhem. Give their "Garage," a fancy studio name like "Images of a Goddess, and wham." They am a perfessional. Then they way over pay some "princess," just to see her all nekkie, and now she has a big head, and thinks a hunnerd dollars an hour to pose in her underpants with her hands over her boobs is Art.

Also thanks to Model freakin Mayhem, now these princesses have the idea, they can bring their boyfriend along, and demand this and that, because the last guy let them do it. These days I ask if a model is on that site, and if they say yes, I pass. I won't even start on the Forums there moderated by the "White Knights," who tell the princesses, that everything they do is perfect.

Now you can try Craig's List. But be warned. Those same guys and their pals, have poisoned that water hole too. Besides the GWC's (Guys with Cameras) there are the other gang that thinks if they run an ad for a model, that some sort of Sexual Favor should go with it. Funny thing, that scares off half the models who go there, the other like it, and expect to make an additional few hundred giving you a happy ending, after the pretend modeling.

Pretend Modeling? that's what GWC's do. You see their beeyotch of a wife, won't let them go to a topless bar for a few hours, but she will let the perv, hang a sheet in the garage, and spend a couple grand on a camera, and give some princess a couple hundred to stand around in her underwear for a few hours. Who is fooling who? I dunno, they ain't fooling me

Now you can always try hanging around a bar for a few hours, and talking to a few girls. I've had success with that in the past, but the last time I asked a young lady if she wanted to model some sundresses, her husband came screaming out on the Patio ten minutes later, hollering, "Don't you ever come in this bar again!" Lol, that was fun. Twenty five years younger than me, and thirty pounds heavier, and all he can do is holler. They threw him out of the bar before I could even stand up. Idiot should not have left me alone with his wife if he was that insecure.

Now some guys, mainly GWC's think it's just a matter of Money. Well number one, it's not, the best models don't work based on the dollar amount. Number two, you can't compete with Webcams, and that's where the money is at. That and strip bars. I've seen girls pull down twelve hundred a night in a strip bar, and thought that was something. These days I've done a little research into webcams. I watched one pretty girl make eight hundred for a private 15 minute show, then I looked around, and watched another make fifteen hundred in an hour faking orgasms.

Then I found some Real Pro's at it, and there's girls making what I estimate to be close to three thousand a week, when they choose to work. So A. it's not about the money, and B. even if it is, you can't top what they can make without you. Plus they get Total Control over their product.

So maybe I should have titled this "Why You! Can't get Models.
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It's not where to find Models. I can walk to the store and find one. I have before.

It's how to Talk To Models.

I have a series on how to do that.

I sell it on Ebay.

PM me where to find them.

The DVD's that is.
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    So I'm surfing Tumblr, looking to see who's stealing my Images, not giving me credit, and look what I found posted by this picture thieving Varmint.




Am I wasting my time?

I’m starting to get more than a little annoyed that everytime I REBLOG (The capitals were for emphasis) pictures, sometimes almost immediately they are reposted on another blog…often in the same order…near enough everything I post…but not REBLOGGED…
So the blog that first posted the pic gets NO credit…All the people who have reblogged the pic get NO credit…And I get no credit!!! What the hell is the point!!!
As a community we should ‘out’ these parasites who aren’t contributing, but just leeching off the people who are finding & posting the pictures we all enjoy so much…

Sorry, rant over…



So the asshat, is crying, but his widdle tumblr blog, is not getting credit on other jerks tumblr blog, for the images he stole, and he has the nerve to complain about the other jerk, stealing his hard work, in finding the picture to steal in the first place!

What the hell about the Artist who ate top ramen for months to save up to buy a good camera, spent years learning his craft, and then spent weeks to find one good model, you know. The Guy who took the picture.

I don't know whether to laugh, cry, or get drunk and write another rant about Sylvia D.

The nerve of the fool.

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HI Ya'll,

Where?

 I have been busy.

As an Artist, I have been rethinking my whole train of thought. I'm doing some new things, new styles, new mediums.

What I'm not doing is posting pics here willy nilly that get reposted on Tumblr.

Now I don't do watermarks, don't believe in it.

But the dicks who steal my images and repost them on Tumblr sure do.

I believe watermarks, copyrights, graffiti, whatever ruin an image.

But there's my images on Tumblr, with some assholes watermark, "Sluts I banged."

Or some creepy story: This is my sisters friend I took a peekture of nekkid.

Or worse, they claim it's their sister.

Creeps, the same guys who post dick pics.

Cute, LITTLE thangs.

If a gurl sends you a cellphone selfie of her boobs, or her vag, that's hot.

If a guy sends you a selfie of his wang that's PATHETIC.

If a wanker steals one of my pics, and writes a fantasy about his sister, that's well that's disgusting.

If You Want To RePost one of MY IMAGES.

How about Underneath You Post:

Used, from my friend, "hairyhandedgent," @ Deviant arts, dot com.

Or just say, the perviest art photographer in Texas?

But don't watermark it, or use it to illustrate some sick sister fantasy.

Seriously, you are stealing, my Art. Misrepresenting it,

and worse, you are perverting it!

So Quit It!

In the mean time, I have been working on my DVD Movies.

If You like my pics, you should contact me if you'd like to watch some of my shoots, on DVD.

Oh, and stay tuned for my new work, that can't be stolen, LOL.

You won't believe what I'm Doing.
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