Flickr: belonPHOTOGRAPHY [needs a paid account!]

{The Photographer }
Hi my name is Alexis and I'm here for the millionth time. I used to use flickr just to upload any & every picture, artistic value or not. Until one day I browsed the site and all the talent inspired me. Now I'm getting back into photography and hopefully I'll be copping a professional camera soon. For now...it's just my Sony SuperSteadyShot DSC-T50 and my Fujifilm FinePix S5000 but we all know, it's the photographer that makes the pictures...not the camera! I don't know much about photography or photoshop; all I know is what I like or don't like. I love portraiture the most, especially of children because it makes my heart melt. However, I'm wanting to learn more about glamour shots.

{ Get To Know Me }
I'm a 21 year old rolling stone. I've lived in Michigan, New York, Georgia, Connecticut, Florida, Maryland but somehow, someway always ended up back home in New Jersey. I'm currently homeless in Maryland sleeping on my aunts couch and plan on making my way to California before the Autumn of '09. I figure these are the most free years of my life so I might as well live it up.

"....My main goal in life is to learn. i just want to know people... all different kinds. I want to know different places, different situations. I want to experience life. I dont want to see it on the news. I dont want to hear about it filtered through how many peoples' mouths. I want to see things first hand. I want to shake the hand of a man who's seen things I could never see. Not everyone wants this. I think a lot of people really like being in their bubble. A lot of people like being comfortable in their air conditioned homes. they like having food everyday.Ii do too... but i think im ready to be uncomfortable. you know? I want to work. I want pain. I want the extremes so I can maybe feel extreme. I dont think many people feel anymore. Really feel. They just get jaded, they get bored and don't know it. theres no stimulation because theres too much stimulation. I think more people need to feel passion for life. The 9-5 is so boring. Having the same day over and over... its boring... today could be your last day, and youre wasting it inside an office when the sun's shining outside. I try to do something everyday so that my days dont go by unremembered. That way at least if today's my last day... I've done something. Something memorable... even if it's just for me. Its a little morbid, but it makes me really appreciate my days more. I dont think a lot of people do that... and thats why people have midlife crises. Wake up at 40 and go "what the hell have i been doing for the last 20 years?" Working. Responsibility sucks. At this point in my life, Ive done everything I should have done... I'm ready to do something I want to do... run free before I get tied down. I finished college, I got a job, I make money, I pay bills. I'm twenty-one years young and I've just started to open my eyes to the possibility of life, power and freedom..."