Update On What is Going On With Me…..

So here lately I have not been able to really shoot. For a while now, I have been having some major back problems. The problems have been going on for about two years, just last year they started getting a lot worse. I went through tons of X-rays, and MRIs. I went through a couple of different doctors, physical therapists and then finally back specialists,and backs surgeons. They came to the conclusions that I have Degenerative Disc Disease also known as DDD. IT IS HELL!!!!!!! The interesting thing that has been said is that the discs will fix themselves. From everything that I have  read is that it will never go away, it will just get worse. Also apparently I am a little young to have these issues happening.

Now the different back doctors, they have said that surgery will just make it worse in the long run. I do not know how much worse can it be? Well those lovely doctors have me on a couple different medications in hopes of them working and that be that.

I am already ready for it to be over. I do not care how, but I am done.

A Creatives Most Cherished Items?!?!?!?!

So I have figured that every creative person has something that they obsess about when it comes to their creativity and the workings of their processes. When it comes to mine, I obsess about MY NOTEBOOK! I have this little 5×9 brown leather notebook that has everything photography in it. I have my blog ideas, checklists, log in information for various sites, and well I could go on. That little notebook is literally like my bible, well alongside  my agenda book that everything throughout the day gets written in. Without these items, I would be so lost. All of the information that I have gathered would be gone forever.

 

So I ask all of you that are creatives that read this blog, what is your most cherished items?

 

Stock Sites

Every photographer really needs a good stock site. I have a huge ever growing list of stock sites that I use on a regular basis. I had a brilliant idea to share them. I know most probably has most of these sites under their belt, but you never know. I would really love to see if there are any sites that people are using that I have not managed to come across yet.

And here we go………….

Dreamstime

Bigstockphoto

123rf

Stocklogos

Istockphoto

Deviantart

Pexels

Gratisography

Unsplash

Albumarium

Pixabay

Picjumbo

Lifeofpix

And there we have it. A wonderful list of stock sites that I use. I hope that everyone will enjoy and give some feedback and their own stock sites that are not listed here, please share them with me.

 

A Little Love…..

I want to sit here and thank each and everyone of you for coming to read my blog and check out my images. It really does mean the world to me, more than I can really put into words. I will be starting to follow people back that like my blog. It is a world of social media, better start embracing it. Connections is what makes the world go around in this day and age. So the age old saying that has floated around the net….. Follow me and I will follow you back, like me and I will like back.

A Couple Years Back

A couple years back I took this photo for a class. Joseph Dunmire the owner of Iron Anchor Tattoo, in Marion, Illinois painted this. I was there the whole session watching and photographing him doing his thing. It was in the middle of winter and freezing in his basement. The painting is a true beauty, and this photo of the painting is AMAZING as well. I am thinking of working on this image, to change some things up.

Q & A With Missy Norman of Missy Norman Photography

Q. What is the one thing you wish you knew when you started taking photos?

When it comes to photography there are so many things that I wish I knew. When I started I was fortunate enough to learn manual mode instead of auto. I think that the one thing that I wish I had known from the very beginning would have to be back button focusing.

 

Makeup Still-Life Portfolio Work

Respect Your Photographer.

I do not know who to credit for these. I am not the person that made them.

Food from Portfolio.

Here are the food images from my portfolio. I am thinking about what food to photograph next.

Q & A With Missy Norman of Missy Norman Photography

Q. What is the one thing you wish you knew when you started taking photos?

When it comes to things that I wish I knew when I started photography I would have to say almost everything. Diving into the world of photography is a huge challenge. If I had to narrow it down to one single thing, it would be different DIY tips that work just as good as the actual product, if not better. I use my DIY stuff more often than not.