I am now providing banners for anyone who would like to help support me by promoting my work

if you decide to post one somewhere, just let me know, so i can make sure to thank you and provide a link back if you'd like.

Don't like any of these? Want to use a different photo of mine? Sure!!! Just let me know
what picture you'd like, and what size (just in case you need it to
match other banners, or a specific design), and I'll make you a custom one! this includes people who have modeled for me!

To use any of the banners, just copy the code under the image and
post it on your myspace page / website etc. if you have trouble with
any of the code, then just let me know!

-Ron



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Enjoy!

long story short. quality takes time. please don't rush me or your photos will look rushed.. and if you are going to rush me and want your photos to look good. please understand that it won't be cheap.

that's about it. i am not being slow because i'm a jerk. i take my work seriously and like to give it the attention it deserves. i work with a lot of people at any given time and i want everyones photos to look just at good. don't rush me or get mad, and don't take it personal.

i have a full time job, and photography is my hobby. i can only dedicate but so much time to photo turnaround. But if you're patient, you will get my best work.

love,
Ron

Message me if you're interested in either of these projects!!



First one:

Christmas themed collaboration with artist Mike Groves
http://www.myspace.com/mgroves

Time to complete: 2 weeks
Models needed: 3 - 4 (one at a time)






Second one:

Ongoing "words" theme

time to complete: February
Models needed: at least 20 (one at a time)

examples can be seen at my flickr page:

note: this has no bearing on my past models. I love them all and they have made me a better artist. this is only in reference to what i need right now


i need a model to take hold of me.

i need someone to want to work with me, not just to have their picture taken.

i need this person to want to set up shoots and keep the dates, and be emphatic about them.

i need someone to take an active part in concepts and not just leave it up to me, i want to come up with ideas together.

i want a model who wants to make the most out of our time together.

i need a model that will push me to my creative limits and beyond.

i need a model that is bold, creative and uninhibited.

i need a model that will pull me up to my feet when I'm in a rut and encourage me to do my best.

i need a model to turn my world upside down.

i only ask for what i'm willing to give.


so where are you?

eat, fuck, die.

occasionally we manage to squeeze some meaningful shit in between this, but not much.

at least not anything worthwhile.

Just finished going through my photos from the Queen City Roller Girls Bout this past Saturday June 23rd 2007.

It was multiple bouts between all 3 teams, quite intense! the season is now over until fall, I love photographing these ladies, they are sweet, fun, and athletic.

I am two people

1. I am the person that everyone sees
2. I am also the person that I hide from everyone, the person that only exists when no one is around. the person that I really am

this dichotomy of my being is intergral to my existence.


the outer self carries on with the day to day activities of the social Ron Douglas. While the inner self hides behind corners and in dark doorways inside my mind, peering out at the life it will never live and people it will never know.

sentenced to a life of solitude and secrecy, the inner self longs for these moments when i am alone and contemplative. This is when my hidden self is most active, guiding thoughts and emotion without fear of scrutinity from the outside world.

reconciliation of my divergent selves  would leave me open and vunerable, in a sense, i would be more human and faulty that i would care to appear to others.

however, complete lack of integration of the two selves would be just as harmful, creating a diametric opposition that would threaten my threshhold of sanity. and let's face it...that would be beneficial to no one.

to maintain balance, the internal self will carefully manifest itself to the world through the outer self in outlets of passion, love, anger, creative expression, depression, meditation and other such processes.

to be fair, there are other selves that i have and display or hide, but they are nothing more than subdivisions of the two primary archetypes, and thus do not play a pivotal role in my existence.

we all exist as these being, some of us are more aware than others. and some of us avoid or discredit the hidden self.

i will always exist as these two beings, and i will always have the unfortunate knowledge of what kind of creature the hidden being is, what it thinks, feels, fears and hides. and i have the burden of carrying this being to my grave, knowing that it will never fully see the light of day.

-Ron

I have over 1600 myspace friends, and i'm having trouble mass sending Invites. so if you want you can just go to the page and RSVP cus its an open invite. So go sign up!!!!

if the turnout is good, then this may be a semi-regular event. so please come out and support, this is my first show and i want to make it a great time!!!!!

Come see our prints, maybe win some prizes, and enjoy yourselves!!!


Hosted By: Ron Douglas & Luke Copping
When: Friday Oct 20, 2006
at 8:00 PM
Where: Club Diablo
517 Washington Street
Buffalo, NY 14203
US
Description:
Ron Douglas & Luke Copping: This is Not an Art Show!

Click Here To View Event
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i feel like i've spent my entire life trying to understand myself. sometimes i have a better grasp than others, and right now its the latter.

i like what i do, i like how i live. but this is not what i ultimately want.

i'm a video editor for a digital animation studio in Buffalo, Ny. I love my job, its what i went to college for. I'm also a freelance photographer, specializing in sexy photos of women. (har har)

one problem is, I dont want to stay in Buffalo, the other is . .i doubt myself.

all of my good friends have left this city, and everytime i make a new one, they eventually leave as well. this happened when my good friends from college moved out of town, again when co-worker and good friend Anthony moved to california. and now its happening with my good friend and amazing model Erin Patricia. We've hung out, did awesome shoots, gotten drunk, had amazing discussions and she has pushed me to the edge of and beyond my creative limits, i'm greatful for that. she's sexy, smart, intuitive, wordly, a great conversationalist (did i mention she's sexy?) and very understanding and we can relate to each other a lot. If i said that I didn't have a massive crush on her, i'd be lying.

She's moving to boston in 2 weeks, and once again i will lose a great friend to distance. tuesday I'm going to boston with her for a few days, I've never been there before so i'm pretty excited. we will have fun, take photos, she will go on job interviews and i will aimlessly wander the city. this will be one of our last big excursions before she leaves.i 'm gonna miss her.

and once again, i will be left here on my own, wondering what keeps me here, why i havent packed my shit and headed out. i like all my friends here, and i like what i do. but nothing really keeps me here, the only reason i stay is because i hate having to relocate and change.

i want more for myself, and i'm affraid i will neve get it. I don't believe in my work, i dont believe in my talent. all the reassurance in the world wont change that, but either way, i appreciate all the support and encouragement my friends and everyone on myspace have given me. i just fear that if i branch out, i will fail miserably . . .and its a hard feeling to shake. but i've got to shake it one day

theres my other model and friend Marie, whom i think is a great woman with lots of potential, and hopefully she will believe in herself enough one day to go at it full force. she's here in buffalo, we've been really close and did all sorts of awesome things together and i care about her a lot. . .but i havent shot with her or hung out in a while, i guess we had a falling out, which sucks. but in the end, good friends always leave me in one way or another, hopefully she knows i have nothing against her and i wish her nothing but the best. i'm sure we will be good friends again, and work together on awesome photoshoots, but i dont know what it will take to get back to that point. maybe i'm too stubborn, or maybe i'm not good enough. i don't know

i'm on my 4th beer, and  that says something, i've recently been escaping reality with alcohol. sometimes its easier to not think.not to care, not to hope, not to dream, not to wonder, not to love, and to just to drown your thoughts liquor and pray for oblivion.

the problem with that is . . .i always sober up.

thats when my thoughts return, thats when my fears come back, thats when i question everything about myself and my actions. . . . thats when i doubt myself. thats when i want another drink . . .

i've never asked for much, and in return i've received very little. so many people believe in me . . and expect so much from me. and i'm left feeling like everyone will be let down because my desire to acheive is overwhelmed by my fear of failure.

fourth beer is gone.

despite all the fear and self doubt, one day i will leave this place and never look back. i will keep in touch with my friends, but i wont return. i just dont know when or how.

how many friends must meet and lose before i'm fed up?

i know not everyone will be on my side, i know that some people will be on my side and then turn against me and drag me down. i've accepted all of that. i know that some people will come into my life, make a huge impact, and then disappear off the face of the earth. but while they are gone, their impact is still there. and there are those who will always be with me, always hope and cheer, and always extend their arms when i fall.and those are the people who mean the most.

either way, i continue to try, continue to strive, despite all of the fear and doubt. i will move on, i will know that if i try my best, i will get somewhere. i will fall, i will fail, but i will move forward.

its what i've always done. its hard. but its possible. i fail, i lose, i fall . . .and i want to lay there and die. but something pushes me forward, something makes me get back up. and right now, i can feel is trembling inside me . . .so maybe soon i will know just what i need to do.

until the time comes . . .i will have another beer.

thanks for you time.

-Ron