2006-12-02 [~Lady Morgana~]: Very awesome, as I said :P

2006-12-03 [Lord Dog]: very good even the dark ones

2006-12-03 [moira hawthorne]: well the dark ones have mood and good contrast.. but are too blurry for photo manip.. they were taken without flash

2006-12-04 [deadpage]: Whee! I love them! They look great love!

2006-12-04 [moira hawthorne]: thx u love

2006-12-16 [Trist]: do you smoke? you dont look like it

2006-12-16 [moira hawthorne]: I use to smoke 8 years ago.... I quit...
the cigerette is just a prop.. its not lit even the smoke in the finished one is photoshopped

2006-12-16 [Trist]: i could tell its not lit. so why does it look like you dont know what to do with your hands?

2006-12-16 [moira hawthorne]: I WAS trying to imitate the Marlene Dietrich photos

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does my hand really look unnatural?

2006-12-16 [Cia_mar]: i did not see your entry in the comp... or was this one of the problem wikis that we talked about?

2006-12-16 [moira hawthorne]: yes this is that problem...
My First Glamour Photomanip
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was shot without the prooof...
and than after I made it and it looked all pretty..
my I closed it without saving it...
the 'OH S#!!!T' hit the wrong button while saving!
so than I took the other photos with the proof
than I went back and re prettied that one...
b/c it bothered me I had made it so nice and lost it..
and thats where I am for now...
I still have about 20 GOOD photos
to choose from on my computer
that were shot with the 'proof'
so as sooon as the birthday & Yule art
is finished Ill get back to them!

2006-12-17 [Trist]: well having just started smoking i went thru this. my friend laughed at me because i looked so funny. basically i think its that youre not used to holding a cigarette, and you make a big deal about holding it.

2006-12-17 [moira hawthorne]: love I smoked for over 20 years... maybe I just always held the goddamn thing weird... or the possiblity of trying to be photogragher and model and make it look like a twist between me and Marlene Dietrich makes it look weird... I WAS trying for possed glamour... not just me smoking...

BUT if it really doesnt LOOK glamourious.. tell me!

2006-12-18 [Trist]: a bit more wrist maybe.....

you photshopped smoke, but no cherry?

2006-12-18 [moira hawthorne]: should of got Bill to burn the smoke down a bit... bu the smell of it unlit was making me sick enough... I did make the end darker.. but its a blk and white... recoloured to sienna... not red.. therefor no cherry

2006-12-20 [Trist]: what kind was it?

2006-12-20 [moira hawthorne]: brand? I cant remember... Players or Dumaurier

2006-12-20 [Trist]: i havent even heard of those... and i dont remember why i asked....

2006-12-20 [moira hawthorne]: they are canadian brands

2006-12-20 [Trist]: ah, ok.

2007-01-21 [Lothuriel]: Wow, these are awesome! So much fun! I was always a big fan of Susan Hayward.

2007-01-21 [moira hawthorne]: yes you used her as inspiration for yours...

and thx u...

2007-01-21 [Lothuriel]: You are welcome!

2007-01-21 [moira hawthorne]: I like the work I did in My First Glamour Photomanip
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to make it look like a real aged photo...
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therefore I will likely do that again...
just need to get photos done... thats the hard part...

2007-01-21 [Lothuriel]: hehe, me and Angel are going to do another shoot tonight. I had so much fun doing it.

2007-01-21 [moira hawthorne]: Im just wondering if I can get the lighting I want outdoors again or if I end up doing it indoors again...

2007-01-21 [Lothuriel]: I held a make-up mirror in my lap, lol it won't stop raining here long enough to go outside.

2007-01-21 [moira hawthorne]: oooooh that is a smart idea...

yes the weather here is not been very cooperative... tho I like outdoor photos...

I just noticed your bra strap is showing..

humhumhum... Im thinkin of pulling out all my furs.. and going for a a really fluffy one...

I will have to be very inventive with lighting in my bedroom... since the overhead sucks...

2007-01-21 [Lothuriel]: That's the strap of my blouse. ^__^OOH, I have mink stoll. It was my grandmother's.

2007-01-21 [moira hawthorne]: I got wooden candles from my grandmother... you are lucky.... all my vintage stuff I bought myself...

OOOOH I just remember an awesome hat I have!

2007-01-22 [Lothuriel]: Vintage sPam

2007-01-22 [BinaryPhoenix]: Ooooohhhh! I just love the 'Vintage Glam Rock'!!!

2007-01-22 [moira hawthorne]: thx u! I love those pants... i got them at Hot Topic... took a road trip down to the states.. to Buffalo just to get them!

2007-01-22 [Lothuriel]: I like the new pic!

2007-01-22 [moira hawthorne]: thx u.... I like it too.. still working on it... out of 80 photos I got about 30 i sortta like that I may work with...

2007-01-22 [pinkpoodle]: cool man I really like. 

2007-01-22 [moira hawthorne]: yes its lots of fun...

2007-01-22 [pinkpoodle]: She's myyyy friend, everybody! See see! She might even give me a hug if I ask really nice...Now that she's a star and all...at least she remembers the little people. smile.

2007-01-22 [moira hawthorne]: LOL... I give you my autogragh... where you want me to write it dear?

2007-01-23 [The Scarlet Pumpernickle]: question... how did you take the pictures of yourself? or did you get someone else to actually take them... because then how can you claim copyright? Or can you....?I just discovered this dilemma myself.. help!

2007-01-23 [Lothuriel]: You can claim copyright if you are the director of the photograph, so to speak and as long as the photographer took your direction to take the photograph. In most cases, you pay a photographer for the rights to your pictures when you purchase them. I for instance, set up the tripod, dressed picked out the props, everything. My 9 year old pushed the button. So, if I am wrong, lol...unless she gives me permission, I think I may have stole her art! But, of course since you asked [moira hawthorne] and not me, I will shut up now...

2007-01-23 [moira hawthorne]: my hubby is an biologic remote control
he is owned by me... and is paid with sexual flavours or the promises of them... plus the photos I copyright with my signature at peices of artwork I worked on... really I hardly look this this good in real life...

I also use my son sometimes... or the timer on my camera

2007-01-23 [Lothuriel]: A much better explaination!

2007-01-23 [moira hawthorne]: its great having a button pusher... but really hubby cant 'see' a good photo from a bad shot... plus he is terrible for taking blurry photos... so I set everything up and hope once im in the shot again its what i want... plus I discard about 3/4 of all the photos hubby button pushes for...

2007-01-23 [Lothuriel]: My husband has a good eye for photography but, he is always too busy to help.

2007-01-23 [moira hawthorne]: Eirikr has a good eye.. and whenever he get ahold of the camera it is almost impossible to get it off him again... but he takes some excellent photos aswell

once he is of age he will be a force to be reckoned with!

2007-01-26 [Alfirin Lindlea]: Ooh I love your Vintage Glamour WIP - the colours and pose are gorgeous, and I love whatever that background is!

2007-01-26 [moira hawthorne]: thx rosie... the paisley pattern is my bed comforter.. and the glazey shiney stuff is some extra material i had about from a dress project i thought the colours would go well with the vintage black vet dress and hat... the dress had a pailey flower pattern painted onto it... there is also my black fur.. which isnt in these two shots...

2007-02-14 [Cia_mar]: i like the last two additions

very!!!! nice!!!!

2007-02-14 [moira hawthorne]: Ill get back to this when im not so stressed...

2007-02-14 [Cia_mar]: i know
just wanted to say you look really good in those two, ,i think they are my favs

2007-02-14 [moira hawthorne]: thx u...

2007-04-03 [IzzyKSK]: I love the glamour pictures.. Only.. It looks a bit unnatural, how you are holding the cigarette.. Maybe you don't smoke^^ Other than that they are great.

2007-04-03 [moira hawthorne]: I did smoke for 20 yrs... but the point was I was trying to make the graceful purposeful hand gesture like Marlene Dietrich - so I failed ;_;

2007-04-03 [IzzyKSK]: Aww, I'm sorry, it wasn't meant to be mean or anything..
It just looked different then when i see other holding a cigarette. But maybe because you have the cigarette standing out at a 90 degree angle from your hand. It might look a little more natural if the angle was smaller.

2007-04-03 [moira hawthorne]: some of them are