Sarah 'Rora' Paulson
Artist

United Kingdom

Hi I'm an amateur photographer who enjoys dabbling in the dark arts ( I kid) but I like experimenting with gothic and sometimes bizarre or even slightly disturbing images - none shown here. I'm here to pick up ideas and inspiration and generally improve my work, so enjoy!

The models I use are Ivory (the pale gothic beauty) and Willow (the seductive pin-up girl), and on the rare occasion me! XD But i think i do better work on the other side of the camera, the 'safe' side where you guys can't see me! O: xD

My photography:

I love creating images that are dreamy to adorable to frightening to - you get the picture. I'm inspired by books, films, songs, anything, an incident or a word or a person when I'm out and about or on the phone can spark my imagination, but I often take a lot of spontaneous shots because planning is not one of my strong points ^-^

I began with digital cameras because its possible to create good photos with minimal technical skill. I've also dabbled in SLR b&w photography which can be irritating but often the end results can be even more satisfactory because of the wait. The downside is, (and i've done this) you can shoot tonnes of dud shots without realizing until you develop them or ruin a perfectly good roll of film whilst developing it & having gone through the pain of spending 40 mins getting covered in chemicals!


I love the feeling when a plan comes together, whether i'm painting or drawing or doing a successful photo-shoot or writing a story THAT ACTUALLY GOES SOMEWHERE AND IS ENTERTAINING/INTERESTING TO READ shock!

To eat i go sugar, sugar, sugar, fizzy sweets, buttery brownies with white chocolate, italian ice-cream, cookie dough ice-cream or better yet Pizza hut hot cookie dough with vanilla ice-cream and melted hot fudge sundae chocolate sauce! *orgasms in her mouth* xD

I <3 music, without which i honestly might have offed myself a LOOOOONG time ago, its helped me get through some hard times.....

My music of choice = Emilie Autumn, Regina Spektor, Marilyn Manson, Dope Stars Inc, Green day, MCR, MSI, Sara Bareilles, Fiona Apple, My brightest Diamond, Billie Holiday, The Raincoats, Gorrilaz, Hannah Fury, Zeromance, Bjork, HIM, Ella Fitzgerald, Louie Armstrong, Schubert, Haydn, Mozart, the list goes on....

Books of choice..... = alice in wonderland, Lolita by Nabokov, The time-traveller's wife, Shadow web, the Secret Garden, Howard's End, Cathy's book, The asylum for Wayward Victorian girls, Pride and Prejudice, Japanese Goth, Mark Ryden the tree show, The young Upset: Contemporary Art...... the list goes on! <3 *squee*


The beautiful scariness that is life, yet untasted....

Things that make me happy

(I <3) Meeting someone you just 'click' with ^^

The first bite of a really delicious meal/dessert *licks lips*

Feeling pretty, happy,intelligent, confident....just feeling good, knowing that you are who you wanna be and where you wanna be

Art = in your face, dreamy, everything and anything - except a blank canvas with a sit in it!

Smiling at people you don't know and getting a smile back. Its nice!


and most of all DRAMA DRAMA DRAMA! O: being in plays or seeing them - either way it makes me happy, and i know after every show, i couldn't do anything else but this :,)

Current Residence: UK
Favourite genre of music: The kind that plays with your heart-strings
Favourite photographer: Lara Jade, Sally Mann, Natalie Shau, Cindy Sherman
Favourite style of art: gothic or fantasy
Favourite cartoon character: Chihiro from 'Spirited Away'
Personal Quote: Be yourself, because that's only thing one can assuredly be in their own life. Their own person.