Location : Brother in laws family lodge out , North of Pretoria.

So, heres a very quick re-cap of whats going on in my life.
Ive decided to do a monthly recap instead of bugging you all , all the time with my emo-then-happy-thenfuckinbrill-thenomgnoooes .
So the catch-up.

A week ago I broke up with my boyfriend.

Yeah, we broke up. He couldn't deal with my self-esteem issues and wasnt happy with the amount of time we spent seeing each other. (Too much apparently). So I respect his choice and thats that, theres nothing more to say really. Hes still a great guy and I respect and care for him so much but things will just be on a friendship level.

It has however broken me down to the core so, erh. In time Ill be feeling better but one thing I know is true. For the foreseeable future ,Ive given up on the chance of finding love. Im going to neglect that badly and focus on everything else in my life and if something comes along, hopefully It will last and the person will put the effort in to make it work.

I won a "Silver Muse Award" for my "Godfather II Promo"

Theres an awards event called Promax/BDA which happens every year for all the people involved in the broadcast, design, print and animation worlds , including categories for copywriting and promos. Orijin this year did the graphics for it too which was pretty awesome, even if I didnt have any part of that.

Anyway, so I went there not expecting any of my work to be entered and surprisingly the Godfather II promo was entered and came in 2nd in the "Best Sponsored Spot" category. Sadly it doesnt say my name on it , says Orijin.

However, I dont care. Its so cool to win SOMETHING for my less-than-one-year work here at Orijin so I was pretty chuffed.

My Berry is Black

I own a Blackberry Curve 8250 now. And it rocks. Those of you who are already on my GTalk, MSN or Yahoo lists know that I am much more connected now and with that Im saying to all of you who have those things. Add me and we can chat !

However the phone itself works amazingly well, I get my emails on the go and even though it doesnt have 3G, its amazingly fast and for the price I pay per month, its amazingly affordable. I love it

Yup, I am no longer single, I have a very sweet and caring boyfriend.

Were taking things slow and doing things right and Im really happy with him. Ya gotta love how life surprises you sometimes, with a gift you didnt know you had received until that one lil trigger in your brain is pulled by the smallest of things.

I havent yet uploaded anything that used them yet but.. I got myself some new equipment recently. A portable flash kit. 2x Cactus KF36 Full Manual Adjustable Flash's. If you want to see what the whole kit was , goto my website, [link] , and click on equipment. I wont go into details about it but what it means is, my location photography will be uber times better.

I cant wait to shoot with them and just thought Id let you into what shoots Im doing soon. Heres two images to show you what movies Ill be covering.

Hope your all doing well.

Location : Broken Down House in Boksburg

Model : Mariette Van Niekerk

MUA : Teniel Bisschoff

Saturday , 12 September 09

So tomorrow is officially the day I leave 21st-dom and ripen to the age of 22. Scary thought that but not really. I got my birthday present early from my parents. I was a lil bit of cash, which was really sweet of them as I just spent a lot of money on some equipment.

A while ago, I got my full studio kit. Fantastic cool amazing. Wait...

I didnt really have a space for it, at all. So, thusly you didnt see to many shoots with my studio lights.

However, For my birthday, I said screw it. Ive been saving cash for no apparent reason aside from my moving out fund. I havent gone out in ages. Seriously. Its like hermit V2.

Original Hermittage.Twice the severity.

So, I bought myself a 23" Full HD widescreen monitor to plug into my laptop for when Im editing pictures. Also bought myself a GPS since pretty soon, Ill be much more active and driving a lot more. Because.*drumroll* I also bought myself a portable flash kit from America. 2x portable flashes along with 8 color gels and transmitters and recievers and light modifiers galore, with a hand strap for the camera and flash adapter thingie to fit onto my stands.

Portablity FTW.

So I am broke and awaiting my package which will be here 15 days.

But the best news is that thanks to work, I will have a studio space !

Ironically enough, Tomorrow being my birthday. I was asked to take a series of photographs for a promo were doing for Breast-Cancer Awareness. Which I thought was pretty cool that I would be doing something I loved on my birthday for work. Fan-fecking-tastic. So, Ill be able to use my kit properly for the 1st time ever. Yay !

In exchange of my photographic services,which will be used whenever ORIJIN wants.

So all in all , I think this will be the birthday where Ive been the most happiest.

I hope to believe that this will be the next chapter in my life and want to thank you all for being a part of my story so far. The support that all my friends and watchers give me on my work is what got me here in the first place. My dream to become a designer came from deviantART as did my photography. And through all the pain of my exes, my life and whatnot. Youve all be there for me. Helping me grow as a person. Even if you just say ,"I liek ur wurk." , its meant a lot to me and the support has really gotten me through a lot of pain. I have to thank you all for being the one thing going right in my life for a long time. I would like to thank you for bring here and for bringing me so much happiness, even if its just a single solitary , fav. Thank you. Thank you.Thank you.