Seven year itch....

...but the ointment seems to be working!

Lol!


So my 7th DA anniversary is upon me and my joy in photography (and this site) is undiminished.

Stats to date:

(Stats were actually down when I did my 2011 journal so the last ones I have were for 2010) so:

Dec 7 2010
96,774 Pageviews
1,452 Deviations
13,887 Comments
179 Scraps
3,243 Favourites

Dec 7 2012
111,010 Pageviews
2,187 Deviations
14,414 Comments
227 Scraps
829 Watchers
3,102 Favourites

While it feels that this year has been quiet (photographically), looking back it really hasn't.  I've done a lot of work with some really amazing people.
Of specific note a couple of my all time favourites have reappeared after protracted absences from my view-finder.

Last month Sade' came up to Auckland for two days of shooting with two friends (expect a preview around Christmas).  I haven't shot with her since May 2010: In fact May 11 (my birthday).  So it was a real joy to see, and work, with her again.
October saw the return of Sara for one of three shoots at the Heritage hotel.  (I hadn't worked with her since March of 2010!)  Since then we've squeezed in another quick shoot and plan another (or two) around the end of December
Also in October I shot my 10th set with Sylvia!  The first model to go into double digits and a consistently amazing person to work with!

Not a bad way to round up my 7th year here!



On my last anniversary I started a new feature on my past s  The original idea was to go through all the faves I'd picked over the years and post my best 20-30.  Oh My!  The first year I managed to chalk up over 1300!  When I started cutting it down I was distressed to see the number of artists that had left, been banned or otherwise become inactive on DA!  Still: It was impossible to cut it down to less than 10 a year:  
So this has been a six--part feature.
And, of course, the final part has to be the year just gone!

Part 6: 2011-2012: