Cinemagore Closed, Re-Purposing Expenses
Posted: Sun Feb 07, 2021 1:36 am
My license for the GDPR plugin I was using for Cinemagore expired yesterday. I bought it for a personal website I briefly ran last February. The plugin is $55/yr and I decided not to renew it so I could re-purpose the expense (more on that below). Since Cinemagore is no longer GDPR-compliant, I closed it this evening. Rest assured, I will continue sharing my favorite death scenes via MediaFire. Since threads on the video sharing forum are locked after a time, I'll be starting a new thread with links to the MP4's I had on Cinemagore.
Now, I have some news for those of you who don't visit FetNoir. Last Christmas, my wife gave me one hell of a present by greenlighting my long-held interest in becoming a fetish photographer. After 26 years of marriage, she's finally comfortable with the idea. Mind you, nothing is going to happen anytime soon. I've got a fuck-ton of research and learning to do, practical and financial challenges to work out. Meanwhile...
Last month, I geared up and started building my skills with macro photography. It's extreme close-up photography, usually of very small objects and living organisms like insects. For as long as I can remember, I've been fascinated by visual perspective and how macro photographers find ways to show beauty in small things. Inspired by countless photos I've seen throughout my life, I decided to pursue it myself. I've quickly found it to be a much more organic and creatively fulfilling experience than 3D art ever was, and have left 3D art behind.
I've been looking for a desktop-friendly third-party gallery platform to host my photos and display my burgeoning macro work to the general public. Yesterday, I learned one such platform, a 16-yr-old widely known and popular site called Flickr, was bought by a portfolio builder called SmugMug two years ago. Flickr was previously owned by Verizon, and Yahoo before that. They offer an ad-free Pro membership for $59/yr that I am now part of. You can visit my feed here:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/192032018@N05/
This is a very exciting time for me. I'm eager to see where inspiration takes me and looking forward to finally producing original content with real models for the community.
Now, I have some news for those of you who don't visit FetNoir. Last Christmas, my wife gave me one hell of a present by greenlighting my long-held interest in becoming a fetish photographer. After 26 years of marriage, she's finally comfortable with the idea. Mind you, nothing is going to happen anytime soon. I've got a fuck-ton of research and learning to do, practical and financial challenges to work out. Meanwhile...
Last month, I geared up and started building my skills with macro photography. It's extreme close-up photography, usually of very small objects and living organisms like insects. For as long as I can remember, I've been fascinated by visual perspective and how macro photographers find ways to show beauty in small things. Inspired by countless photos I've seen throughout my life, I decided to pursue it myself. I've quickly found it to be a much more organic and creatively fulfilling experience than 3D art ever was, and have left 3D art behind.
I've been looking for a desktop-friendly third-party gallery platform to host my photos and display my burgeoning macro work to the general public. Yesterday, I learned one such platform, a 16-yr-old widely known and popular site called Flickr, was bought by a portfolio builder called SmugMug two years ago. Flickr was previously owned by Verizon, and Yahoo before that. They offer an ad-free Pro membership for $59/yr that I am now part of. You can visit my feed here:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/192032018@N05/
This is a very exciting time for me. I'm eager to see where inspiration takes me and looking forward to finally producing original content with real models for the community.