Crossdresser tests camera setting f8 and a new backdrop

Joanna Slinky with her educational hat on?

Tested my camera a bit more, last week, with some flash photos and the camera fixed on aperture f8. So I let shutter speed drift on auto, but it chose 1/60th of a sec each time. 

The idea was, I'd lessen blurring. In fact, I seem to have made it a bit worse! It doesn't show up in a small image on the web, though. British amateurs, eh.

I also tested the black bedsheet I bought recently while shopping in a supermarket, but I think it's a bit too black for these photos. Anyway, it just doesn't work well with a black tunic and black gloves, really.

It does soak up any harsh flashbulb shadow, though... which was one of my plans.

So I was doing several Joanna Slinky tests all at once, with mixed results. Oh, well... it's still fun wearing my schoolgurlie outfit!

British amateur crossdresser and an amateur CD / TV photo site

My first 'blogger' blog of the new year.  Hope 2014 is going well for you!

I was reading the other day about favourite sex terms that people search for, and it reckoned 'British' and 'amateur' are very popular in the UK. So I've shoved them into this blog title, to see what happens!

Things are getting much better on my fav gurlie site (newbudnudes) now that more moderators have been appointed to tackle things like web-steals. Last autumn, I felt like I was the only one. Three months on, and the new team are really getting to grips with stuff.

Amateurs posting their photos don't want to have to compete with professional photos, and those who want pro pix can go to pro sites, or use a search engine.

Another improvement, people now only have to wait a few hours to get their request for account verification checked by the moderators. A few years ago, the wait could be several months, until Site Admin could find time.

So... it's looking good for 2014!

xtube site doesn't help members of good standing

I used to like xtube - I've been a member since 2007, and I have several vids on there, all of which have attracted some favourable comment and some votes.
Now, though, I've become sick of the site and the obstacles they put in the way of people who want to participate. I've never posted anything that's attracted criticism or needed to be deleted, yet since 2010 the site's been demanding I complete a "captcha" test when uploading anything.

I've got a solid track record over several years of uploading stuff that they like, yet they treat me like crap. After several minutes of waiting, the site tells me the captcha was wrong, try again.

Sorry, but I'm sick of trying again. My last video on that site was in 2010 and that one will probably be my last ever.  I'm not going to jump through their stupid hoops any longer. They seemingly don't trust me, and I sure as hell don't like them.

So we'll go our separate ways.

Youtube and unacceptable videos

I was reading this week that there have been calls for extremist stuff like "hate preachers" and videos of beheadings to be removed from Youtube.

It made me smile a bit grimly, as I've had several videos kicked off Youtube and I've not yet beheaded anyone — I think I just showed a bit too much ass.

That was before Google took over the site, but I imagine the YT rules haven't changed very much in the last couple of years.

I agree with those who say kids shouldn't be able to view so much porn, and I imagine those vids of mine strayed across the line in some way. Usually I try to make sure they're OK for a general audience, and there's no bare ass or any cock showing, or stuff like that, but thongs are a difficult area, as the events at Myrtle Beach this week have shown.

I wonder what the NC cops would do if I wore one!

NBN and NDN - changes in girlie cyberspace

The last few weeks have seen a bit of a change on my favourite site, NBN (newbudnudes). The site covered all gay activity from hairy "bears" flexing their biceps through to effeminate stuff like crossdressing.

On 12 January, NDN (newdudenudes) was created for the gays who, in the words of one site user, "want men to be like men."  In other words, men who don't wear feminine clothes.

If we're honest about it, some of them just dislike women and don't even want to be reminded that they exist! Well, takes all sorts, huh.

I'm a moderator on the new site, and I was in the weird position of kicking photos off the site that I liked, and which are similar to many of my own photos!

Meanwhile, newbudnudes (the old site) has become the preserve of the TG and CD folks, and I'm a moderator there as well. But I haven't had official permission yet to kick the hunks and butch guys in y-fronts off that site!

So the current position is:

name	purpose	themes that are banned
NBN	TG/CD/TV 'gurlie'	none
NDN	gay	no CD gurlie pix

It's kind of a bit lop-sided, because the general gay community has been posting to NBN for many years, and if their pix were suddenly all slung off the site, that would just be thoughtless.

But if they're to be encouraged to migrate over from NBN to NDN, then I imagine it will help some make the move if they see an orderly and well-maintained site all ready and waiting for them.

Being a moderator isn't always as easy as it seems.