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3 min read
Hi all,

I just left all the groups I belonged to, so if you noticed this, don't take it personally. I am not so active on dA anymore and I'm leaving groups and deleting photos from my account.
I've been so busy with external projects that most likely I won't be here often (or at all, but we never know).
If you want to keep contact, add me on Facebook (search for Raquel Von Kaminaru) and you will find me for sure.

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Happy 2015

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Wishing all my lovely friends a happy 2015, filled with health and happiness!

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Some news

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Hello my boys and girls.

As most of you already noticed, deviantArt is no longer my favorite place to display my photos. I guess that without the PhotoArtists group I don't feel like coming here every day or posting photos.
To be very honest, that "need" I had to display my photos doesn't exist much anymore. I photograph frequently but I simply keep the photos for myself and I like to browse them from time to time.

My portfolio is on 500px.com because the site is totally the opposite from this one. You don't see junk in there, it is mostly dedicated to photography and although the community is very different there I do love the way my photos are in display. It is a clean site without many features and that is mostly the reason I am there.

As I mentioned, I've been shooting a lot. I shot an event (a book release) and it was fun! Met interesting people, took great shots and in the end it was a good learning experience.

After all these years I think I found my true passion which is architecture and cars. It's the most interesting feeling in the world and I am truly happy when I have the chance to photograph these subjects. (I still dream about the day when I am going to shoot a major fashion production. ;) )

I've been deleting a lot of photos from this site. I think I don't identify much with them so all photos that are out of my area of interest are now in a separated folder.

How about you, my dears? How's life treating you?

With Love
RVK

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End of an era

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I wrote this message, this morning in the PhotoArtists group.
I have mixed feelings about it because it was 4 years of dedication.
Still, so many things are happening in life that I simply cannot keep coming to dA just to vote on submissions. 
That is not what I want.

Thank you all for the support. :heart:

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The admins were debating and we have reached the conclusion that PhotoArtists is not what it used to be anymore.
We started with a clear path and ideas. For a long time we did features, we talked to the members and we were proud to maintain a great amount of quality and people in the group.

As time flew by we had admins turning inactive, leaving, deciding that the voting in photos was no longer for them. Some of us stood still but eventually "real life" caught us up.
The love we felt for PhotoArtists started to fade. No more features, no more talking a lot to the members. This was definitely not the purpose of the group.

In the end we decided it was time to retire. PhotoArtists will be closed and we are going to pursue other things.
We will still be around on dA so if you want to keep in touch, it will be our pleasure.

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:iconannakirsten:
:icondouce-amertume:
:iconjacac:
:iconimpromptus:

Thank you so much for all the support you gave us during these past 4 years. 
It was a pleasure and an honor to receive such amazing works from you.

Wishing you all the best
PhotoArtists Team

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Thank you

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Hello friends,

I would like to thank the 107 (:wow:) dA members that added my photo "hall of archways" to their favorites.

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I'm sorry I didn't send a thank you note individually but unfortunately I don't have enough time to thank everybody one by one as I would like.
This is an honor, so I feel humbled.

Thank you so much!
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