DarkSlinky

I found out that potentially hundreds of people submitted photos to the Youth Week gallery competition and mine was one of 11 photos from 10 photographers to be selected to be displayed in the gallery. I just wanted to upload some photos I took at the gallery opening, which was the Saturday before l

Shame on me. I have been entirely neglecting my blog lately, but for a perfectly acceptable reason (not an excuse, I swear). I quit my job because I got into university. Yay! I am now a poor, unemployed university student studying a Bachelor of Applied Science/Bachelor of Secondary Education. My deg

A few weeks ago I received a nasty message about how, in more civilised terms, buying a DSLR and taking photos doesn’t make you a photographer, and how I should give up. I’m hoping whoever sent me that message will read this one day. You didn’t discourage me in the least.  Your words that were [...]

I thought today I would upload some of the photos I’ve taken over the past year or so since I got my 550D. Enjoy! Critiques and suggestions, as always, would be appreciated. <3 DarkSlinky.

I set myself another photography challenge today, and that was to go out into the backyard after work and get some nice shots. This was quite difficult because for starters, my backyard is not a pretty sight, and I didn’t finish work until 4:45 so by the time I got home the sun was very [...]

Lately I’ve been making an effort to take my beloved Canon 550D out more often so I can push myself outside of my comfort zone and perhaps become a better photographer. On Sunday it was a lovely day and I decided to visit one of our local parks.  There was a bit of a catch, [...]