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Well, I did say I'd come up with a "more interesting" journal entry at some point. 6 months counts, right?

Hello, everyone! I'm genuinely terribly sorry that I haven't really posted anything this year.
I honestly don't have any real sort of excuse - I'm just tremendously forgetful and pretty freakin' awful as a human being in general.

A SUMMARY OF MY SOCIAL MEDIA UPDATES IN 2016:
I have been updating my Facebook page weekly, my Twitter fortnightly, my Instagram monthly, my website rarely, my Tumblr never and _{lol what the heck is DeviantART}

I am literally the worst, there is no way around that. However, I am slowly taking steps to getting into a pattern where I actually update all my platforms as frequently as I'm able to and not being absolute trash and batch-uploading a bunch of pictures twice a year, like I'm probably about to do.

I'll be back as soon as I can with an actual journal entry that talks about my life and whatever, but I have a wedding to edit so I'm gonna continue slavin' away at those and blast dubstep and trap music in my ears. Any music suggestions are always greatly appreciated!

I hope you're all doing well, I'm in the process of catching up and seeing all the shiny cool pretties I've missed so far. I can't wait to see what you've created, you're all amazing. Never forget that. If you're at all interested in getting to know me better, you can always follow my personal Twitter account! Send lots of memes, it gets lonely.

Until next time, beautiful creatures. Toodlepip!

I'm rather embarrassed that it's taken me almost 3 months to write my first post of 2016. Whoops!

Hello, my dears! I hope this year has been immensely kind to you thus far.
I don't have a whole lot to say right now, but I really wanted to update this Journal and also let you know that I'm still here - albeit in patches - and I'm eternally grateful for all the support you've continued to throw my way.

I'm sure I'll come up with a far more interesting Journal entry soon, but for now, I'll catch you later.

Toodlepip!

It doesn't feel like the year's over yet. Maybe it's because this winter didn't feel as cold as the last.
Or maybe I'm just not ready. I made all these plans to be better and do more in 2016, but now it's just a handful of hours away, I wish I could just pause everything for a moment so I can figure things out.

I'm still doing photography, even if my updates have been a little more sporadic in the recent weeks. It's still my one true love, and while I can't always commit to it in the fashion I'd like, the passion's still there, and I'm going to try harder to be more active.

As you may have seen from my previous entries, I started a YouTube account this year. And it's doing alright, I'd say. I'm on 289 subscribers right now, and I'm happy with that. If you're interested in learning what my plans are for my channel, you can watch my "Plans For 2016" video here:

PLANS FOR 2016 | A Conversation From The Heart

I really appreciate all the support I've received on this account. I feel so bad for not updating it as often as I used to, especially considering I received a Daily Deviation and have amassed several hundred followers in just a matter of weeks. I mean, that's crazy awesome! Thanks again.

This year has been a definite rollercoaster for me. I travelled to Amsterdam, Paris & Berlin - and they're such amazing beautiful cities I would visit again in a heartbeat. I'm flying out to Florida in March and I have high hopes for the future. And even though, while I'm typing this, I'm in a depressive slump, my eyes are still freshly wet from catching my arm on a thorn branch mixed with some body confidence issues and family drama - I still look to the coming 12 months with a sense of optimism.

I'm sorry if this mostly reads as depressing - but I'm always more honest when I'm sad.
I have reasons to be happy, though. I have my cat sleeping soundly next to me, my best friend and flatmate is working on her own amazing work at her computer in front of me, I had a really nice cup of tea, I ate some Chinese food, I watched some Fawlty Towers, I received some lovely messages from a friend I met through YouTube and the Tom Hiddleston calendar on my living room wall is still valid for another 3 full days.

So, thank you for a lovely 2015. I hope 2016 is the year that things really start to take shape. I'm aiming to be famous by the end of 2017, so I've got a lot of work to do. I can do it.

See you next year, guys. Until next time, toodlepip!

Hey, everyone!

I am so sorry for how quiet I've been in recent weeks; it's driven me crazy, so it's only fair that I write and explain why.
To be honest, it's nothing that's too drastic - it's more of a lovechild between inconvenience and timing than anything else. The long and short of it is that computer is a little ass. And by little, I absolutely mean big. A big, fat ass.

I've been unable to access my older images on my hard drive and my editing software is currently in a position where the world stops turning if I so much as scroll down. I'm currently transferring everything I've ever breathed on to my best friend's computer (we live together, it's awesome) and then I'll be restoring my computer entirely in the hope it remedies some of my issues.

Y'know, I was starting to panic. I'd gone so long without a proper 'shoot and had been entirely consumed by my YouTube channel that I was worried I wasn't going to enjoy photography anymore. It's been months since I was busy in that field so when my first commissioned project in a while came up, I was freaking out internally because oh god am i out of touch what if i forget how to button what if they hate them oh gosh i'm too young for an existential crisis get your shit together emma

But, the shoot went wonderfully. And in the fragments of time that I had to edit before Lightroom went 'lol nah', I remembered why I loved doing it. Watching the colours and crispness and contrast and other alliterative observations come to life before my eyes was a feeling I'd truly missed. It hasn't even been that long, but God - it felt like forever.

I do have some more photography waiting in the wings for all of you! I don't know when I'll be able to upload any of it, but I'd like to thank you for your patience and welcome all my lovely new Watchers to my channel. You're awesome! I can't wait to show you guys more of my work. Thanks for stickin' around.

.toodlepip.

Wow, 500 Watchers already! Thanks, guys! I really appreciate it.
 
It's been a good week so far; yesterday, I hit 200 subscribers on my YouTube channel. You can check it out here: www.youtube.com/c/DARKSTARMEDI…

I hope you're all having a lovely week! I have an interview to film and some bits and pieces for my next photography video to put together, so I'll be having lots of fun over the next few days!

Thanks for all the recent love and comments, and I'll see you all soon.

- Emma. x