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Bleeding Heart Drops

Ok ive been told that this is a 'Bleeding Heart' plant. A Chinese plant with red heart-shaped flowers with white tips - these dangle enticingly from the arching flower stems of this delightful plant in late spring and early summer. Although it grows in light shade and looks good growing in clumps amongst shrubs, it often does even better in a sunny border, provided the soil stays sufficiently moist. Clumps of dicentra remain compact for many years and do not need dividing, fortunately, because they have brittle roots and do not like disturbance - instead, try taking root cuttings in spring.
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the portfolio looks great. i like the layouts, straight away the photo near the center caught my eye first and you can put one of your ...

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Valentine + Chinese New Year

Journal Entry: Mon Feb 8, 2010, 4:56 PM

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So this Sunday is Valentines Day, an event of the year which i dont really like tbh (because Im single...) BUT, some of you may not know that 14th Feb is also Chinese New Year! The most important event for us and it will be the Year Of The Tiger! It's currently Year Of The Ox (I'm a Ox btw).

It's been a few years ago since I last went out to celebrate Chinese New Year. So For this Sunday I may be going to the China Town in Manchester and watch the festival and take some photos.

For those who wants or thinking about celebrating Chinese New Year, check this [link] for things you should and shouldn't do. We believe this is very important. More info here on Wikipedia [link] . Also find out your nearest one and see whats on the event planning.

And one important note from me, if you, friends, family etc ever EVER happen to get a chinese fire cracker, I seriouly wouldnt set one off. I set one piece off when i was young, i didnt realize that the fuse went off really quick, when i realized it i tried to throw the firecracker away but it blew mid-air and the explosion cut my left cheek on my face. Chinese Fire Crackers are loud, powerful, explosive and bloodly dangerous. So dont buy one, get one or set one off.

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  • Listening to: Shousou - Iuchi Maiko
  • Watching: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=240Vq6tIxio
  • Drinking: water
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  • Current Residence: England
  • Interests: anime, manga, drawings, photography
  • Favourite band or musician: too many to name here D:
  • Favourite genre of music: mainly rock but other types that sounds good
  • MP3 player of choice: mah iPod Touch
  • Favourite game: World of Warcraft, Pokemon Diamond
  • Favourite gaming platform: PC, DS
  • Favourite cartoon character: Konata Izumi from Lucky Star
  • Personal Quote: C'est La Vie, and I speak in french because, you're an ass.

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What's Your Chinese Zodiac? 

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16%
5 deviants said Monkey
13%
4 deviants said Ox
13%
4 deviants said Sheep
10%
3 deviants said Dragon
10%
3 deviants said Snake
6%
2 deviants said Tiger
3%
1 deviant said Rat
3%
1 deviant said Horse
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No deviants said Rabbit
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=Jamie-Knop Feb 2, 2010, 9:19:18 AM
Thank you for watching my page :)

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*MikeJenks Jan 23, 2010, 4:54:28 PM
Thanks for the watch :D
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~liek-rawrness Jan 18, 2010, 3:36:34 PM
I was so interested by your page i had to watch :heart:

I attend the mcm expo too but moved up to manchester Dx may go to midlands!

Any advice for an ammateur cosplayer - photographer? :3

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=akraru Jan 18, 2010, 5:20:03 PM
im glad you like my work :D

I maybe attending to the Midland Expo next month too.

Oh there's sooo many advice out there on photography. But it all depends what type of camera you got. Most type of cameras does the job but DSLR really gives you the hot stuff. Most of my photos are taken from a Bridge-camera (Hybrid-camera).

Common advice is the basic photography advice ie settings or have it in 'AUTO' but that doesnt always gives you great shots. If you look at my photos from the Oct 08 Expo [link] and compare it to the other two expo in 2009. They're all different and ive shown improvements from each Expo.

What i normally do is, get a photo of a cosplay i like, take multipule shots (i tend to take 3-6 shots), do full-shots (head-toe) and i do close-up shots (from waist upwards). And ask for different poses. Oh and make sure you know the character of the cosplayer that will help you get a better shot for poses!

Do some angle shots, lower shots or side shots. Play around with composition. And dont be afraid of asking or getting a photo of a cosplayer. Most people that talked to me has told me 'they were afraid to ask' etc. They're not gonna bite you lol and they should know and expect to get their photos taken any way.

You gain experience from taking alot of photos, looking back at them and think to yourself 'what i could of done better with this shot' etc.

If you need any more help, just send me a note! And look at other photographers, see how they do it. There plently of other photographers out there that are better than me :P
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~liek-rawrness Jan 19, 2010, 4:44:08 AM
Thankyou so much!
Since im only a newbie college student my camera is a standard canon digital one, but I have access to alot of the proffesional ones and the studios at college until I can get my own proffessional one...

I used to do alot of cosplay myself so i know that people take and expect pictures, so I dont have that problem too much... I just find cosplays fascinating especcially the uncommon ones!

I'll remember to take several shots though - Used to take one and realise it was blurry or cuts out some of the best features *sigh*

Thankyou so much though! And I do look at alot of photographers on here but alot of th time I dont get a response and I think your work is great :D

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=akraru Jan 19, 2010, 3:05:41 PM
another advice i forgot to meantion. Try to avoid taking photos in a crowded area (unless you are taking a photo of one). Reason is that there will be 1 or more person that will ruin your photo(s). This one for an example [link] such amazing Tifa cosplayer but the guy on the right and at the back ruined the shot and i failed to notice it. So you can either wait until its clear or move to a different location (if the cosplayer is willing to).
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~liek-rawrness Jan 20, 2010, 12:10:25 PM
Yeah I tried to get most of them out at the front of the expo to avoid that problem - But it was hard to get the shots because I was allway in cosplay so I was taking them and being taken! I think next time I try it i wont cosplay :) Thankyou!

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I take requests ~~~

And fail them D: but still :3
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