Wow, so I've been away a while. Last post was November? And things have changed quite monumentally since then. Back then I was going to local meets and had two furry cons under my belt. I had spent a couple weekends hanging with furries in a non-convention capacity. And holy shit, what have I done?

Let's enumerate:

1. Commissioned a fursuit

2. Came across a furry boyfriend

3. Got a taste of performance

4. Somehow became a content-creator


That last one shouldn't sound so impressive. I just became a photographer.

That all took off at MFF. I was handler for Arcturus Chusky. Learned a fair bit about handling at the Purdue University Homecoming game too. Lots of chasing suiters there. MFF was a lot of challenging lighting. I took a lot of bad photos. Learned a lot too. Talked to veteran photographer (@cheetahobscura) got some tips. Got to put them into effect at FurSquared.

It's fun. I'm not as passionate about it as some others. Because trial and error taught me my motivation for why I take photos. I started out taking them for my suiting friends to immortalize how much fun they were having and to show them how cute they looked doing it. And that's about it. Why I almost only take pictures of suiters I know. To so a favor for a friend. Some people do it because they love fursuits.

I mean, fursuits are okay. I don't really ascribe them any more attention than I would any other elaborate costume, but what they let you do? They turn everyman into a performer. And that's not a chance that a lot of us are afforded ever. It's pretty damn magical. Yeah, and I'm definitely sticking around the fandom. Mostly because of point #3. You see...


*To be continued...*