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The series of photographs that made up 'A Lonely Teenager' were taken around my house and in my own backyard. I took the photos and then played around with the lighting on Adobe Photoshop 8.0 to make them a little darker, showing the world through the eyes of 'Lonely Teenager'. The idea behind the photos is that, even though a teenager (or any person for that matter) may act very much like everyone else, we never know how they are feeling inside. I have to thank my sister for being the model in these photos, and for agreeing to model for me in future photo shoots.

I'm not very good at journaling, but I'll give it my best shot. I'm a pretty average person who enjoys manipulating images on Adobe Photoshop Elements 8.0. I have only just starting using my own images and my sister has been starring at the model in those. She's really good about it too. My photographs tend to show a darker side of the human mind, with emotions such as frustration, anger, loneliness, fear etc. taking the front seat. Sometimes I seriously manipulate photos, other times I may just add a filter to them or turn them into black and white prints. I often put text in with my images, usually a quote or something that describes the im