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Moving on ...

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Mood: :meditation: Content

The Reluctant Prince
The Reluctant Prince by Ghost-Dreamer

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Update:

It's been a while, a very long time indeed.

We're doing OK, we're moving on, we're living life, loving life ... and each other.

I'm out and about again, testing photography, finding things that trigger a nerve somewhere that I want to capture on film.  It's been a long time since I felt like it, but now I do so life's good :D

Lot's to catch up on, loads to read, loads to write, but not now.  For now I'm just going to enjoy the moment, settle back in, and take it easy.

Loads of hugs,



Ghost


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Surreal

6 min read


Mood: :meditation: Content

The Reluctant Prince
The Reluctant Prince by Ghost-Dreamer

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Update:

Those of you that have been following my art account for a while now know more or less what happened, in brief, we were in the middle of packing our stuff to move back to Thailand when we discovered that we lost our 9 week old baby.

What was supposed to be a regular check-up turned into a moment of great pain, followed by a day spend with various doctors and a wide range of tests.  This happened on Friday 20/02/2009 while we were supposed to be spending time packing some of our stuff, getting ready to move back from Hong Kong back to Thailand.


We then needed to schedule surgery for my wife to have the baby removed on Saturday 21/02, with our move taking place on Monday 23/02.  On that same Saturday I had to spend about 2 hours worth of time discussing and negotiating my new job in Thailand.  

Friends and family had to be notified but aside from that there was literally no time for us to realise what had happened as we had to spend Sunday making up for the two lost days of packing with the movers showing up Monday morning to pack all our furniture and those belongings we were having shipped rather than taking with us on the plane.

We arrived in Thailand Monday night and spend the rest of the week dealing with paperwork, sorting out visas, embassies, getting our internet back up and running, fighting with the shipping company etc. as well as finalising discussions around the new job.  During that time it caught up with us and we both crashed, hard; emotionally and physically.

We're doing much better now and have made peace with what happened, we always knew the risk was there, but somehow you hope that you'll be all right.  Our home is as peaceful as ever and being here has had nothing but a positive impact on our frame of mind; the rest of our furniture is due to arrive sometime next week and I'm starting my new job tomorrow.

I've also finally taken up my camera again and have a bunch of pictures from parts of our garden that will go into my stock account as well as some macro and semi-macro shots for my art account Ghost-Dreamer.  

During this time, macro made more sense to me, the little things in life that remind you that overall, life is beautiful and all around you; waiting for you to see it once again.

Thanks all for the well wishes, the notes and the just being here.

Loads of hugs,



Ghost


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Cyborg Dreams
Cyborg Dreams by Ghost-Dreamer

On the move:

Those of you following me on my art account already know but to explain my lack of new stock a bit I thought it best to also post here.

We are moving once again, this time back to Thailand (woohoo) and even though I'll miss Hong Kong I'm really looking forward to spending time in our house in Thailand again, having breakfast in my garden, waking up to the Sun each day :relax:, I'll get to drive my Jeep again as well ... can't wait :D

For those interested, this is the 15th time that I move in my life and the 3rd time moving countries (I've moved continents once from Europe to Asia).

This is however the first time bringing cats on a country move so that'll be an interesting experience, :iconwtfcatplz:.  Even though we aren't moving until 3 weeks from now there is loads to do in the mean time, aside from packing, friends to catch up with, a lot of meetings to attend and projects to finalise, getting ready for a new job in the process.

I won't be spending as much time online as I'd like to and may not be commenting much in the weeks to follow because of it.  Once we're settled in again I'll be sure to catch up and will most certainly be sharing some gorgeous images from Thailand as well, I'll have to say goodbye to my beloved birds in Hong Kong though but will try to at least get one more visit in between now and the move.

So if you don't hear from me in the next couple of weeks, don't be alarmed and know that I'll be catching up soon.

Cheers,

Ghost

The Binding
The Binding by Ghost-Dreamer


Most used stock in my gallery:

Moon and clouds 01 by Ghost-Stock Junk 02 by Ghost-Stock
Artificial Fire 02 by Ghost-Stock Moon 01 by Ghost-Stock

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Intermezzo

5 min read



Cyborg Dreams
Cyborg Dreams by Ghost-Dreamer


I can't believe I haven't updated this journal in such a long time.  Just a brief intermediate update to remove the previous journal from my profile page.

The Binding
The Binding by Ghost-Dreamer


Most used stock in my gallery:

Moon and clouds 01 by Ghost-Stock Junk 02 by Ghost-Stock
Artificial Fire 02 by Ghost-Stock Moon 01 by Ghost-Stock

Art Account:

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A Fool's Errant
A Fool's Errant by Ghost-Dreamer


Birds:

I've been taking a lot of birds shots lately (some of which you can find on my art account), and I'll be uploading some of them here for photo manipulators to use.

I just want to reiterate that I am very particular about not wanting my stock images used to depict or promote any form of animal cruelty, this applies especially to these images.  If in doubt, note me first and tell me the general concept, I'll get back to you within 24 hours.

Any violations will be removed by dA.

On the bright side, I will do requests on these :nod: (within reason of course, they're all semi-wild birds or wild birds)

Sample images:

Bali Starling 01 by Ghost-Stock Southern Crowned Pigeon 02 by Ghost-Stock Orange Bellied Leafbird 02 by Ghost-Stock

Contests I Sponsor In:

2dazed's The United Human Race Contest has ended, and the winners are:
1st place :iconpatrickkillian: with :thumb92140108:

2nd place :iconmynameiskeke: with United Human Race flag by mynameiskeke

3rd place :icondelectable-decadence: with :thumb96230515:

Go show them some well deserved love and admiration :D


Art Account:

If you want to see my photography and photo manipulation portfolio, visit me on my art account at

:iconghost-dreamer:
Ghost-Dreamer

Gallery showcase:
Gallery Showcase by Ghost-Dreamer


Requests:

I do take requests on any of the objects you can find in my gallery, send me a note if there is any specific stock/image/object you'd like to see taken from a different angle, in different light or any combination of objects.

I'll be happy to do so provided it is possible.

Have fun using my stock :)

Cheers,


Ghost


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