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Thoughts, Musings, News About The Site And My Photography

If you have any questions, comments, suggestions, please email me on artcore-cafe (at) outlook.com and I will try to answer.



End Of A Fascinating Project

15th September 2015 21:29

Yesterday I had the last of my pregnancy shoots with Deena. She's 36 weeks along now, and is booked in for the birth in 24 days :) It has been a great experience, I have a huge amount of material to release, and I wish her all the best. Let's hope I get to shoot her again next year :)


A Weekend Away

1st September 2015 18:39

I'm just back from a weekend in Milan. As usual, there was a brief service interruption while I was away, there always seems to be! Sorry - it seems OK now. Remember, we're not talking met-art here! One server, that's all it is :)


It's Been A Long Weekend

17th August 2015 17:33

I'm just home from visiting Deena again - she doesn't look it, but she is 32 weeks pregnant. Hopefully we will have one more shoot next month, but it depends on how she feels. She isn't a big fan of being pregnant! It was another terrific shoot, but it will be a while until I publish anything - I still haven't put up any sets from last month's shoot! I spent all yesterday afternoon shooting Mystique, so there's loads of great new stuff with her coming soon too. Right now, I need to sleep!


Honey I'm Back!

9th August 2015 20:29

The last couple of weeks I've been taking a break, apart from putting the updates live and, of course, that wrestling match over the DNS issue. This was because the amazing, gorgeous and beautiful Ms Artcore has been staying with me for a while. I've just taken her back to the airport (I'll see her again in six weeks) so I'm back with you... A huge backlog of photosets to process, a shoot with Mystique and my monthly pregnancy shoot with Deena next week (I haven't processed anything from the last shoot with Deena yet!), and Kayla coming to stay for 5 days - all that by the end of August!


Apologies ... And A Big Thankyou

4th August 2015 11:44

The more observant among you may have noticed we were down for nearly a day there... something wrong with the DNS registry. I was about to start working out how to extend everyone, but it came back in just under a day :). Sorry about that... A big thankyou to the support guy (I won't name him in case he doesn't want his name on an adult site!) at the webhosts who works incredible hours and ended up logging on to the DNS registry to fix their problem. For security reasons I shouldn't publish the hosting details, but if anyone is thinking of running a site contact me and I will tell you who they are.

Follow me on twitter @ArtcoreCK ... then at least if the website carps it temporarily you'll know what is going on :)


BSod It

14th July 2015 21:31

So, my pc keeps doing this. I'm a computer pro, so I have everything backed up regularly. I've installed the whole site and all the software on another pc, and it works there. Except it's decided that all the images are brand new, and wants to upload the damned whole lot to the server. All 90GB. This will take a few days :) In the meantime, there may be a few delays in putting up updates, although access to the site itself should be unaffected. Again - too much like my real job!


More From Deena D

12th July 2015 10:32

I'm just processing some gorgeous pictures of Deena that I shot a couple of weeks ago. The plan is to release some sets roughly in order throughout her pregnancy, but we're getting so much great material that a lot of it will have to wait! I'll slot a couple of sets into the schedule at the beginning of August, but by then I'll already have seen her again :)


Pretty Much Exhausted

9th Juy 2015 20:33

I've just completed a marathon shoot with the czech model Kiki Klement who is over in London for a few days. I'd have a bath but my knees hurt so much I don't think I can get up the stairs. You may wonder why I am on my knees in front of all of these beautiful women, it seems to be how I take photos!

The wondrous Ellie Roe is coming to stay again, all of next week. The week after that I have 4 shoots, including my long awaited reunion with Amyka Lee. Then I will be taking a break as my girlfriend is coming to stay. I'm going to need it!


Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr Thrump

8th July 2015 18:08

Sorry about the downtime over the last couple of days. The disk filled up! This rather surprised me as I specified a 500GB drive on the server, and the total data amounts to about 1/6th of that. It turns out the hosts had built it with the wrong sized drive! Easy, but time consuming to fix, and quite a lot of grief with permissions to get it all working! It should be quicker now, anyway :) Far too much like my real job...


Away On The Road Again

1st July 2015 19:30

I'm on the road again for a few days, in Croatia. I won't have internet as I'm not staying in a hotel. As usual I've put up all the updates due between now and when I return Monday, and have extended the members due to renew while I'm away. I do my best!


Where Do I Find Them?

28th June 2015 18:45

It's a secret! I've taken Mimi Cee back to the station after a monumental shoot, what a terrific model even with the tattoos! So good she will be debuting with two sets in a couple of weeks. Tomorrow I'm off to see Deena D, who by now should be a little more obviously pregnant :)


Travel Advisory

8th June 2015 16:09

Right, I'm on the road again :) In fact, I'm currently spending 14 whole hours at home between my weekend in Mons, and my next trip .... It's complicated, I can't say where I'm going, but it's going to be seriously remote and I may not have internet access to do the updates. So, I've decided to put up all the updates due up to 15th June now. How's that for customer service?

The irritating problem with renewals is still going on. It is a fault with the DNS records on one of the billing provider's servers, but they don't seem to be able to fix it. I have extended everyone who is due a renewal while I'm away up to 16th, when I get back I will check and if you have renewed I'll extend you for the whole month. If I've got it wrong, bear with me until I return and I'll put it right then :)