For a change of pace this week, I decided to feature a photographer. Don't worry, though - she's just as emotive and passionate as all of the poets I've been featuring!

May I introduce - !

~Dastorm-Photography is a very gifted, emotive, often macabre photographer with a talent for creating interesting, unique self portraits. Her work reaches out and grabs you - it's stark, raw, and very emotional, ranging from the darkest horror to the sweetest innocence. Her work is striking and absolutely surpasses what one would expect of a girl her age. At sixteen years old, she's managed to contradict what is expected of young female photographers (narcisstic, Myspace-angled self portraits) and place a stake in the heart of the photography community.

Let's let her work do the talking!


"Hold On To Love" is such a simple, sweet concept that I literally went, "Awww", when I saw this photograph. The two images together, made classic in black and white, invoke a certain sweetness and a slight sense of melancholy.


"Raw. Emotion" has no comments, but eight faves. I think there's a very simple reason for this. The amount of emotion focused in ~Dastorm-Photography's eye is so intense, it leaves viewers speechless.


"Hold You Together". A sweet, intimate photo of a couple embracing. What I love about this photograph is the way the two sillhouettes seem to blend together, emphasizing the connection between them. A commenter claims they can see ghostly eyes in this photograph, between the two figures - can you?

That's all for this week's features, and you'll get no rambling life update from me today!

LATER!

EDIT: Not only is ~Dastorm-Photography an exceptional photographer, I learned today that she's a total sweetheart! This was such an honor for me, and touched me so much, that I had to add it to her feature.


"The Wind Is Blowing" was inspired by a piece of writing that I did over a year ago. I truly think ~Dastorm-Photography embodied this piece, and I am speechless that she would even consider trying to incorporate something I wrote into a photograph. Thank you so much!

Here's the original piece of writing, if you are curious -

Part of the reason why this means so much to me is because I had lost faith in that piece after receiving a very in-depth critique about it. I know the deviant critiquing me was only trying to help, and I do appreciate that - but they took something that meant a lot to me and tore it down to the bare basics without thinking of the emotional importance that piece might have for me. It was then that I started disabling comments on emotionally charged pieces. For ~Dastorm-Photography to see the emotional depth in the writing and be inspired by it means so much to me.

What also means a lot to me is that she took the time to look through my gallery, and find an older piece, instead of just skimming off the top.

So, thank you so much! If anything, this dedication just proved, even more, how much you deserved this feature! And to all my watchers out there - please, please, please go check her out! She really deserves it!

And that's all for now.