Haven't written a journal here in over 4 years but here we go. I have been thinking of coming back and being more active on this site but every time I come on here and look around it just seems like a huge mess and I feel lost. Not sure what direction DA is going in but seems they are trying to be too flashy rather than keeping things simple and organised. But at the same time it seems this site is still mostly social unlike other sites such as Redbubble that has moved away from that and focuses more on sales, which actually works as it is the only site I've ever been able to sell my work. I also tried out Instagram briefly but I hate that site as well. I don't do phone updates and using it on the PC was not user friendly. Also I found people on there are just like zombies mindlessly scrolling and liking without caring where or who took the photo. I've always had a dislike of social media platforms which is why I'm so inactive on a lot of them anyway. I've only stuck with Redbubble consistently the last few years and have been adding new photos there.
A big reason I stopped posting here was because I moved interstate and went into full time study. I also lost interest in photography so wasn't taking many photos anyway. I got a video camera last Christmas and decided to retire my camera due to it's weight and the amount of space it takes up whilst travelling. But I have now graduated with an undergrad degree and thanks to this pandemic I have been in lock down since around March. I was supposed to be dong some work in a museum with Roman artefacts during my last semester of study but that got cancelled so now have to work out other options. We are finally coming out of lock down now and businesses which haven't gone bankrupt are finally opening up again and we can freely travel more than 5km from home. I have been encouraged to do an honours degree but don't know if I really want to jump right back in to more study and unwanted stress. Added to that is my degree focus was Roman archaeology and that is all in Europe and the issue would be getting my degree recognised in the UK so it is probably best to just wait and do further study over there when the time it right....if it is ever right :/
So I will still lurk on here now and then but don't know if I will ever be back completely :(
If you want to look at any of my new work it's here --> TVD-Photography.redbubble.com Just click on explore designs and it will show you my latest.
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