Bleaching and Blogging

Ok so here goes- this is my routine, and I must stick to it.
My routine. (my mom says this is my actual attempt at being a girl, and I got mad).

Wash Face – I always do this anyway
Toner
Vitamin E lotion
Super Line Preventor — LOVE IT
Make Bleach Trays
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Brush Teeth
Floss
Put Bleaching Tray in for 30 mins
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BLOG BLOG BLOG
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Wash out bleach and rinse with Listerine (I hate that stuff0
Put scar protection creme on my forehead
Lip Balm
BED

So there you have it. If you are ever wondering what I am doing at around 1:30 – 2:00 – this is probably it — my new girly routine.

ON A MORE SERIOUS NOTE—-

About World Press.
Here is my opinion — I think when photographers submit published work in contests it should look exactly how it ran, but those people who work for places like the AP and then tone the crap out of their work is pretty lame. There was a discussion I had when I got home and the argument became- the people who do that – work for a publication that must abide by the rules of their pubicatons stylebook, and that, that differs from their own personal style. Regardless, I still think pure in the end is what stands historically. I really also believe the way it ran in a publication is the way it should be submitted in a contest, but which opens pandora’s box of what happens when photographers make pictures while not an assignment…and to that question — I don’t have answers too. But what I do know, is I would rather be known as the photographer who makes good images – toned with basic color, contrast, and saturation. Not as a photographer — pushes the limit by burning and dodging as a way to make situations more dramtic and stylistic.

I don’t know, but pushing the envelope and pushing the limits are two completely different situations.