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[Des'ola]

About Me


www.desolaphotography.comMy name really is Des'ola, and when you're trying to pronounce it, think of desolation. I'm in love with making photographs and freezing moments in time in pixels & on paper. Call me a pessimist or a realist or both, but I live in this world with eyes wide open, and my rose colored glasses are broken. These are a few of my favorite things: sweet tea, my camera, my VW GTi, gummi bears, my friends' laughter, hugs, Mama's view on life, adrenalin rushes, the purr of a nice engine, listening to a heartbeat, and the first few seconds of waking up.
"We get to think of life as an inexhaustible well. Yet everything happens only a certain number of times, and a very small number, really. How many more times will you remember a certain afternoon of your childhood, some afternoon that's so deeply a part of your being that you can't even conceive of your life without it? Perhaps four or five times more. perhaps not even that. How many more times will you watch the full moon rise? Perhaps twenty. And yet it all seems limitless."
-Paul Bowles <[i>The Sheltering Sky]
Maybe bad things happen to remind us what good is supposed to look like.
"Sex is a part of love. You shouldn't go around doing it unless you are in love." -Bettie Page

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

[ SheBreathesPhotography] [ UMakeMyHeartPuke]

My Blog

Sighs.

Hello lonliness. I am so tired of you. Let me be. That is all.All I have to say.
Posted by on Thu, 09 Apr 2009 23:36:00 GMT

Pocket-sized peace in a ribcage

I have a great passion listening to a heartbeathave you ever truly listened to someone's heart beating?That warm feeling of your ear against their chest I am at an unexplainable ease when I listen to ...
Posted by on Sat, 16 Aug 2008 21:34:00 GMT

Vote For My Work in the My Shot 08 Contest!

http://www.myshot08.com/ViewEntriesVote/tabid/74/Default.asp xMy photobook is now up for judging/voting. The cover looks like this:If I have photographed you, you could be in it, so check it out! My co...
Posted by on Thu, 03 Apr 2008 11:13:00 GMT

Photographer vs. Photoshopper

How many photographs today are actually real? What I mean is how many are not photoshopped. Before these days of post processing, there were real photographers who had to know what they were doing wit...
Posted by on Tue, 19 Feb 2008 16:07:00 GMT

Name Game

*taken from Heather's blog* Leave your name game!!Leave your name in my blog comments (by replying to this blog). Once you do that, this is what I'll do...1. I'll respond with something random about y...
Posted by on Mon, 04 Feb 2008 19:04:00 GMT

I’m Sick of This

Laci and I were at this diner called Lester's this afternoon, and I watched this cute lil' lady wait at the steps outside. She was waiting on her husband who parked their Lexus. They were older people...
Posted by on Thu, 11 Oct 2007 15:54:00 GMT

Inspirational quotes/pictures (what I find worth reading/viewing)

I see these xanga sites everywhere that are quote sites or photo sites. I have some free time, so I'm pasting some quotes and photographs I enjoy. If you ever wanted to get an idea of what I'm like, j...
Posted by on Fri, 29 Jun 2007 19:06:00 GMT

My Celebrity Look-alikes

http://www.myheritage.com
Posted by on Wed, 27 Jun 2007 05:11:00 GMT

My First Tattoo

Tattoo designed by: Kirstin T. Tattoo done at: Sunset Tattoo, Lexington, SCInspired by: my mother (symbolized by the peacock feather), and the quote by Les Brown, "Shoot for the moon; even if you miss...
Posted by on Sat, 16 Jun 2007 19:51:00 GMT

Some Random Information About Des (survey)

70 Questions I Guarantee You've Never Answered1. Would you chew gum after someone else already has?I'VE DONE IT BEFORE WITH FRIENDS.2. What song describes your relationship status?I LIKE TO THINK I'M ...
Posted by on Sun, 25 Mar 2007 06:08:00 GMT