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Is it "paranoid" of me to think a logo in the far corner of my photography is not enough "safety" for it or showing/claiming it as my own work? Or have I just been through enough of that art theft and "I found it on *intsert name of website here"-bullsh*t the last decade? What I'm trying to figure out is if I should be using my logo AND watermark on my photos from now on. The logo would be more visible on the image (in one of the corners) and the watermark would be hidden away somewhere in the center of the image. I will try and put a bit of effort into hiding it so no worries two signature of my name would ruin future submissions... Any thoughts about my whole idea? Or am I really just being fed up with people taking and using my work as they please, just because they found it online... And, please don't start "If you don't want people to share your art, don't submit it to the internet", because I'm not going to have it because the whole copyright-thing and a proper way to share a photo should be known by now! The internet has been around long enough.

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Oh boy

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Yes, oh boy... I should really be more active around here, submit more, talk a bit more to people and not be the "loner" I am, haha. I know I have said that more than once last year and one of my new years resolutions was to be more active. Unsurprisingly, it didn't happen ^^; And I don't even know why I'm not that active around here, since photography once was such a big passion of mine. Not that I don't have enough content to share, oh my, I have enough photos from 2018 and 2019 that I didn't share with you guys yet. Most of the time I tend to forget dA still exists (same goes for my instagram account that's dedicated to my photography), and then when I remember "Oh wait, dA's waiting for a submission" it just goes "Ugh... Don't wanna!" ... Do you know that feeling? Probably I guess... I don't have any plans for the weekend yet, so I'll try to answer all comments, notes and so on then. Now I need to grab some food and continue working on the thesis... Yes, still going strong with that one. (It somewhat feels like a never ending story with that thesis and me working on it.)

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Hello you all!

I'm really sorry for my absence the past few weeks or even months! I don't know when I was on dA for real for the last time. But as I said before I have so much going on, that I try to figure out and all, that I don't have the energy and time for dA. 

But I really miss it. I have so many messages I need to read and answer. So many "mentioned you" notes I don't want to ignore any longer, because I feel bad for the people who are giving me and my photos all the love, I don't feel I deserve, since I'm not active at all at the moment. But I appreciate every single one of them and thanks a lot for all the people, faving, mentioning me and giving me a watch and all. 

It's actually because of you that I decided to be more active again, even when I have a lot going on. I want to get a "daily routine" again where I try to make some time for all the things I like and do them in between my chores and everything. I came to a point some time ago where I was sitting on the sofa and thought to myself, "What the hell? Sitting here drowning in self-pity is not gonna solve anything." 

So yeah, even when I still don't have a job yet, I want to get up early and divide my day and my time and to keep regular hours. Not that I want to do every hobby or every task, every day. But I want to makes something "new" every day besides my everyday chores. I want to get back to a mindset that helps me to see the good in doing things. It takes some strength to pack my camera and go out, it takes strength to write applications, to write on my writing project or to get out of bed in the morning, or getting started with something after breakfast. 

I should probably go see my doctor again to get an appointment for a psychologist or someone I can talk to that doesn't know me, my problems or whatever. I think that would be really good to get me on a healthy track again and to help me out when I'm falling into a deep pit again. I think I finally realized I need some "outside" help. 

So yeah, that's how things still are and have been. I feel much better than what I did a few weeks and months ago, but I'm pretty sure it would be ok to talk to a professionell after all. : ) I also hope my small steps I started taking a few weeks ago help me as well, spending more time doing stuff/things and not just get out of bed to sit down the whole day on the sofa. 

Wish me luck and I really hope I'm being able to show you guys some new photos again soon! I really miss taking photos, but it's just a hard task to do something so simple sometime that it hurts in all fibers of my body, and two days later it's a different thing/task that makes me cringe, when I just think about it. 

Again, thanks for keeping up with my inactivity and late answers and everything all!

xoxo 
Sarah
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Hello guys! 

I would appreciate some help of you, since I can't decide which photo I should submit next. I'm talking about the same photo, it just has a different crop. One is squared and one is a normal one, with everything in it.

hello there Square by Hazel-Photography 
As you can see that's the square on! It give a lot more details to the little bug and you can really SEE him. But the beautiful, pale flowers in the background go missing. :( 

And this one here's the original, uncropped, more details in the background, the flowers are there, but you can't really see the bug/insect. 

So I would like to hear your opinion on which one you would like to see! The cropped one or the original? As I said I like them both, the cropped one is missing something in the BG, but gives a better look on the bug and on the other hand I would like to show the background... But oh well... I don't really know! haha xD
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Thank you

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Hi guys!

I just wanted to say;

Thank you all so much for the faves, comments and watched I received the last few days, weeks and months!



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I'm always overwhelmed when I log on to dA to find new notifications, faves, comments and watches!! I'm trying to answer all comments and thank all the new watchers for hitting the watch button. But I can't reply to all of you who leave a comment. I really wish I could, but writing comments and thanking the new watcher is already so time consuming on it's own and my current situation with, still writing my thesis and all that the 16 or 17 hours my day has are not enough to manage all of it. (And when I got some spare time, I actually just relax with a good old book that I'm ready for fun, to rest my head and my eyes and not sit in front of a laptop or iPhone the whole day). 

I hope you guys understand the reasons. But I actually value my health a bit more since last year so whenever I can I take som time off from the internet. 
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Love, Sarah

(and yes, I AM SO IN LOVE WITH :iconyupianan:'s cute icons, I can't get enough of them!!)
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