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DallasHarder

Dallas Harder
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NEW PHOTO

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I have a question. I have some newer photos and was wondering who would be interesting in me releasing them on DA? What do you think?
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Well. Not sure what to say. My life has completely changed since joining DeviantArt over 5 years ago. This website was my safe place to share my inner inspiration and turn it into some kind of beauty. The last year has been a incredibly huge learning experience for me. I moved to Toronto in Oct. 2014. I stayed in Toronto for over 9 months with great success. I got published in a couple magazines, got great friendships with agencies and just really went in the direction I wanted. Problem was, it was so much stress to live on your own, produce income from freelance work and also just being alone in a city where I know nobody. I eventually decided to come back to Alberta and get my head in the right place. Unfortunately since being home I was diagnosed with Nocturnal Epilepsy and have been in and out of doctors' offices since. It's been a truly awful thing where I'm no longer able to drive for a certain amount of months. It really put in a depression of sorts. Feelings of failure and loss over things that were uncontrollable. So what I'm trying to say is, now I am almost 3 months free of a seizure, I've been painting and drawing quite a bit and truly just learning more about myself. Now I just have to find my next move. Trying to stay positive!

Hope all of you are doing alright in your lives! Would love to hear from some familiar names!
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My Birthday

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It's kind of weird to think I'm turning 18 now. I know I'm not near as active as I used to be but I want all of you to know that I'm still planning on pursuing photography as a career. I'm going to be moving to Toronto at the end of the summer. It's odd I used to be able to just tell every little detail of my life online since I was about thirteen. It's not that I've grown out of it, I just worry more now. Deviantart is a huge aspect of my life. It's what really got me started in photography which ultimately shaped who I am today. I promise that I will always try to keep some sort of update. Right now I'm just really focusing on making the career aspect of photography a reality for me. There will be a time in the near future where I can bring my art out in it again :) I was 13 years old when I posted my first photo on here. Crazy!
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Stressed out

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I just need to write my thoughts down somewhere. I am so grateful for the opportunities I have gotten but it's also a huge amount of anxiety and stress. I know I have a tendency to make things worse when they involve myself. Having your art criticized is really hard for me. I'm glad people are open to telling me what to change. But it leaves me with this feeling of discouragement. I know it's part of being an artist. I don't take anything I have for granted. But think of it this way. I just did a shoot for an agency in Toronto and they didn't like any of the photos pretty much. Including editing, that shoot probably took 25 hours to get everything done. And I definitely don't blame the agency. I have a habit of looking at a photo like it's art. I have to remember that everyone is looking for something different. And right now, in my career, I have to work my way up. They want their models to look natural, glowing and raw. I tend to go overboard and make the overall photograph perfect but then it doesn't look 100% like the model. It's hard to find a balance. And okay, I'm not saying every photographer is like this but alot started for a love of fashion for example. Where as I just love beauty in people. So I always focus on that. Most of this won't make sense, just a little rant haha

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New photo!

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enjoy!~ :) Off to Toronto in 3 days. Let me know if you want me to write journal entries on each day!

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