DandyStock

Sorry about that!

Here are my excuses:
1. Getting my Bachelor's degree at a notoriously work-heavy school.
2. Always having roommates.
3. Limited space to set up a shoot.
4. My tripod broke. Aaaaaand, I still haven't replaced it.
5. My camera's timer function doesn't like to turn on/I desperately need a Nikon shutter release cable. (Anyone? Anyone?)

BUT!
1. I have finished my Bachelor's degree.
2. I don't have roommates.
3. I still have limited space, but the lack of roommates allows me to use all of it!
4. Ummmm, still don't have a tripod. Soooo.
5. Yeeeaaaaaaah.

BUT! (Again)
1. I'm now getting my Master's degree! So that might take up a significant chunk of my day.

BUT--Nevermind. Here's the deal.

Since I live alone now, I will have more freedom to set up shoots to get back in to model stock. The only hampers on that are that I need a new tripod and, ideally, a cordless remote shutter release. And someone stole one of my backdrops. (Not to name any names, but it rhymed with Prancesca.) So keep an eye out for new model stock, but it might be a bit before that comes. When it does come, it'll be a bit different style than what I've done before just because I chopped off all my hair. So less 18th Century, more flappers and stuff.
The good news, though, is that my Master's is going to be in history of decorative arts, so it entails lots and lots of photographic recording of stuff like furniture, clothes, silver, textiles, and fun stuff like that. So look for lots of that stuff in the near future. Other good news: I kind of have a backlog of stuff to upload, so keep an eye out for more of the mountainy stuff (it's Sequoia if you were wondering), night scenery (my new favorite thing), seascapes, and lots and lots of architecture. I'm probably also going to set up a shoot featuring my chinchilla, Mr. Darcy. Haven't decided if I'm going to dress him up or not.

After typing that sentence, I've decided that he needs to be dressed up.

I got hired to do some engagement photos! Woo-hoo! I put a few of them up on my art account, and here are the links:  daintydynamite.deviantart.com/… daintydynamite.deviantart.com/… daintydynamite.deviantart.com/… daintydynamite.deviantart.com/… daintydynamite.deviantart.com/… daintydynamite.deviantart.com/…
Go say hi!

I cannot believe that I got a daily deviation! Thank you all for the nice comments and the creative criticism regarding the clothespin holding up the backdrop. That..... can't be changed. I'm poor.

Thanks to for recommending me and to for featuring me.

It was such a surprise! Here I've been laying around with a mondo flu while entertaining visitors from Australia, and I get on deviantart really quick to see if I have any messages. I was expecting maybe one, but I got well over 400! Soo, sorry if it takes a while to respond to your comments or favs. I'm working my way through, but it's going to take a while.

Sorry that I've been a bit dead for a while. I've just been so busy since summer started! I was looking forward to making tons of new stock, but then I got accepted to my school (William & Mary), so I have to get all that sorted out and go for visits across the nation to find housing, the people I lived with in Australia came to visit (woo-hoo!), and I'm trying to sew a Marie-Antoinette-style dress with full underwear.

I'm so sorry that I've been so slow! My router died, so I was stuck without internet, and once I got it, my professors all decided to give me essays. Yay.

BUT! Next week is finals, so I should be freeing up pretty quick here. I'm graduating next Friday (the 15th) with honours, and won the Social Science department award. I'm contemplating wearing my polonaise gown to the awards brunch, but don't know if they're really THAT into history.

I might have some stock coming after Monday. My friend Kat is coming over. She's Mexipino and has hair down to her knees. We're going to try to make a human yin-yang.

On a side note, I'm having too many freaking guy problems. Apparently, girls can't be friends with guys, regardless of how inherently manly the girl is. How do I make them go away? I don't want them.

EDIT: Holy crap, another one! That's three guys in as many weeks.

Sorry that there hasn't been any new stock for a bit. But I have two excuses to submit for you consideration: 1. It's midterms week. You'd think that out of 9 classes, at least a few would have tests at different times. But NOOOOOO. 2. My frikkin' sister frikkin' broke my frikkin' tripod. It's rather hard to take pictures of myself without it. But there is some coming, I promise!