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Xio-xenna

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i love DeviantART, and certainly used to love it's community, it will always hold a special place in my heart.
the high-res uploads, the helpful admin, the active chat and forum followers.

alas, i simply do not have the time to maintaining multiple photographic accounts, and although the quality of uploads is poorer, Facebook helps me reach a much more targeted audience and will become the mainstay of my uploads until further notice.

you can find me and follow my page here
www.facebook.com/matthewarmstr…

i hope someday i will return to uploading to this marvellous site, but for now it is simply not practical

in the mean-time, i will still frequent the "newest" deviations, and look to see what people are coming up with.

thank you to all my followers. i sincerely wish you all the very best, and my thanks for following me all these years...
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It's been two years or so since i properly updated this thing, for my old watchers benefits, i've expanded on my equipment list...

bag:
Lowepro 350 fastpack
Hama Star Tripod (upgrading soon)

Camera:
Canon 7d
Canon 350d

Lenses (from wide):
Sigma 10-20
Canon 15-85 IS USM
Canon 18-55
Sigma 28-300
Canon 50 1.4

Flash Units:
Canon Speedlight 580 ex

Studio:
2x 800w Flash Units
1x 1.5m softbox
6m Black Backdrop

Cards:
1x 4GB Sandisk extreme 3
1x 4GB Sandisk extreme 2
1x 2GB Sandisk extreme 3

Editing Software:
Adobe photoshop CS5

PC: (downgraded)
AMD Athlon x2 @ 3.2Ghz
Corsair 2GB ram
Nvidia 8800GT
4TB storage

Doing more work in the last few weeks, and my quality is improving all the time. need more hands on, and i'm willing to travel within the uk if you wish to work with me. no timewasters, advanced booking.

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Reflection

2 min read
I find myself drifting in the pale white monitor glow. museless, these have been the darkest years of my life. learning to love yourself isn't an easy task when you're unwilling to face your darker side, and the lighter side finds the lighter side pretentious. i've been taking pictures again, not so much making art as just taking pictures. my love for photoshop has awakened with cs5... which is good. if you get a chance to move to it, doso, it's a stunning piece of software...

i cant fester another year. this apathy is both insidious and poisonous.

i would reccomend checking out the track on my "listening to" it will dissolve walls. soothe bones. heal hands. and quiet minds.

i might return soon.

you never know.

peace
xio

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Two Years Out

2 min read
I've taken some time away to get some things sorted out. But i need quite a bit more time to do this. The only things i will be working on in the short-term will be minor photoshopping efforts, i will sporadically post them on here as i feel satisfied with them. Thank you to all who have watched me, commented on my works, and added deviations to their favourite lists, i appreciate you all very much. i will one day return, i can assure you that. but that time is not now.

much love
xio

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journal


I've Finally procured a model, and some time off: to state a few intentions of what i intend to shoot, i plan to re-create an old classic, ladder to heaven, (ladder on a beach, climbing into the sky...

i intend to have a nude in a plastic bag, disposed of at the side of a road, or possibly sitting alone on a beach...

my props so far, are little paper windmills/yellow highvisibilty jackey, nylons, high-heels...

my locations are an abandoned beach, cliffside, water, an old resovoir, bridge, and sand dunes. and i'm looking for your help (before friday 6th) as shots on locations such as above that have inspired you, or shots you've liked. just as ideas, and guides.

i only have a single model, and yes, i will be shooting nature on location too.

post as replies, and i might even feature a few on my journal (you know how often i update this thing anyways)
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Too much effort to maintain by Xio-xenna, journal

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Reflection by Xio-xenna, journal

Two Years Out by Xio-xenna, journal

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