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Caryn Drexl

Florida

Self taught photographer of female based conceptual images. Whatever that means

Interests: dogs, tv, long hair, snow, cameras, panera, movies, photography, coffee, eating, bungalows, vintage clothes, more coffee, lindt chocolate, coke slurpees, more tv, knee high boots

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My latest mixed-media piece! It features two fabric prints of some of my original photography (altered specifically for this piece), lots of fabric strips, lots of hand stitching, some watercolor paint and an old brass locket. You can read and see more about it on Etsy! Continue reading

Posted May 17, 2017 at Caryn Drexl Photography

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A new little mixed media piece called "Hanging On". Overall it's 8x10 in size, and since it's pre-matted (and that's not going to change since the thread goes around the mat and through the piece) it'll fit easy peasy into an 8x10 frame. This was another accidental piece, I was using a paper bag to protect my table from paint and had cut out the oval to use as a guide for something else, and I like the way it looked, so I started putting some little prints in there until made a mix that I liked. Both the portrait... Continue reading

Posted May 10, 2017 at Caryn Drexl Photography

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Playing around with some older images. You can find this up in the Etsy shop HERE! Continue reading

Posted Apr 14, 2017 at Caryn Drexl Photography

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2016 year in review

I know most of us can agree that generally 2016 was a dumpster fire of epic proportions. (A fire that doesn't look like it'll be going out right away.) For me personally I'd say it was more just frustrating, a feeling I seem to live in constantly these days. That 3 month plan to live in an apartment upon moving to North Carolina in 2015 has now almost stretched to 2 years. If things go as planned we might get out just before we hit that 2 year anniversary mark, but considering how plans usually go around here I'm not... Continue reading

Posted Feb 10, 2017 at Caryn Drexl Photography

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Cada - My latest mixed-media art doll

I've FINALLY finished my second doll. This one way more hands on than the first, and since I hate hand sewing I dragged my feet when it came to getting her done. Right now it's still only available to Patreon patrons, however none of them have yet to express interest, so if any non-patrons might like it let me know. Unlike my first doll, very little of Cada's original clothing was used; I chopped off the majority of her dress, with only the bust area and sleeves remaining, though they are now almost completely covered up. I made a "dress"... Continue reading

Posted May 19, 2016 at Caryn Drexl Photography

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Mixed-media fun times

I've been doing my best to work on mixed-media stuff a little each day, since I have some down time from school at the moment, and of course am not moving, nor am I shooting. One new idea I had involved canvases and prints on fabric, and it went down in flames. (Almost literally, I thought for a minute about setting it on fire.) The final result wasn't bad, just not what I wanted: I had an extra fabric print of the same image that had come out a bit wonky because I forgot to change the print settings, and... Continue reading

Posted Mar 8, 2016 at Caryn Drexl Photography

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Thanks Christy, i'm glad you found this useful, and good luck selling prints!

Commented Mar 1, 2016 on Selling Prints on Etsy - Updates/Part 4 at Caryn Drexl Photography

Thanks Paul!

Commented Mar 1, 2016 on Along For The Ride at Caryn Drexl Photography

2015 Year in review

2015 was a mixed bag for sure. While I finally made my way out of Florida and into an area that felt more like home, and things went well health wise for most of the people in my life, cancer still nabbed one of B's cousins, and living without Rowan around was hard. And though being here is great, being so far away from everyone I know and love has become increasingly hard, not helped by the fact that we are still going month to month at a tiny little rental we were only supposed to be in for 3... Continue reading

Posted Mar 1, 2016 at Caryn Drexl Photography

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Loura, It has been a while since I applied, so I can't really recall, plus it might take longer now than it used to. Caryn

Commented Feb 4, 2016 on Selling Prints on Etsy - Updates/Part 4 at Caryn Drexl Photography

Nothing ever goes as planned!

I've settled into North Carolina........ kinda. We found it hard to find a place when we were still in Florida, and this area doesn't ever have a whole lot rental wise at one time, so we made the decision to do a 3 month lease at a small apartment while we looked, leaving behind some non-essentials, as well as most of my photo/studio stuff. After almost 6 months, a whole lot of ups, downs, and one serious house related heartbreak later, we're still going month to month at the apartment. And since we're entering winter we're not super hopeful we'll... Continue reading

Posted Nov 21, 2015 at Caryn Drexl Photography

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So long, Florida!

After many, many years of trying, and a few close calls (like those few days in New Hampshire) I have finally, successfully, gotten the hell out of Florida! It wasn't without it's hiccups though. Finding a place long distance, even with a short trip up here, proved difficult, so my partner in crime and I settled for a short term lease in an apartment, which required leaving some stuff behind in FL with family for the time being. And that includes almost all of my photo related clothing, props and furniture. So, instead of being able to spend the summer... Continue reading

Posted Jun 5, 2015 at Caryn Drexl Photography

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Hi John, i've gone ahead and emailed you about this. Thanks! Caryn

Commented Apr 6, 2015 on Selling Prints on Etsy - Updates/Part 4 at Caryn Drexl Photography

The Beginners Guide to Selling Prints on Etsy

My blog posts are all grown up! After lots of encouragement, emails, comments and finding that I kept having more and more to share, I sat down and created this. (When I should have been doing school work, preparing to move, and sleeping.) With The Beginners Guide to Selling Prints on Etsy i've taken the content from my posts, expanded on them by quite a lot, took better, and more appropriate, pictures, and made the content much more coherent and stream lined. And, yes, slapped a price tag on it, but the blog posts are still intact, and free, and... Continue reading

Posted Mar 22, 2015 at Caryn Drexl Photography

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Hi Kostas, No, those were definitely done intentionally, I was talking about a printing glitch that isn't pictured. Sorry for the confusion.

Commented Mar 11, 2015 on Selling prints on Etsy - Part 1 at Caryn Drexl Photography

2014 Year In Review (Finally)

2014 was brutal, in multiple ways. Cancer and heart failure and sick animals and then my beloved dog Rowan, puppy love of my life, died. *I* was healthy, but when everyone around you is ill it doesn't feel like that matters. Photo stuff wasn't easy either. Nothing was basically. But! I learned a lot, and pushed myself in new ways, and I can't even say i'm disappointed. (Like, I learned that shooting a kid that I wasn't related too isn't that bad! I might even do it again!) Now it's 2015, because I kept putting this off, but so far... Continue reading

Posted Feb 26, 2015 at Caryn Drexl Photography

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Still Ending and Beginning Still

(Click on the image to buy prints) Still Ending and Beginning Still. 2013. Mixed-media diptych. 2 13x19 prints with a layer of tissue paper, both torn, one sewn back together with needle and thread. All images are copyright protected © Caryn Drexl and are not to be used or altered without permission. Continue reading

Posted Feb 22, 2015 at Caryn Drexl Photography

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(Click on the image to buy prints!) A Flare Up. 2012. Altered Self Portrait. All images are copyright protected © Caryn Drexl and are not to be used or altered without permission. Continue reading

Posted Feb 22, 2015 at Caryn Drexl Photography

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(Click on the image to buy prints!) Conjuring.2011. Self Portrait. All images are copyright protected © Caryn Drexl and are not to be used or altered without permission. Continue reading

Posted Feb 22, 2015 at Caryn Drexl Photography

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Toothy. Mixed-media piece with two 5x7 prints on canon photo paper. One of my photos over a public domain skull image. Continue reading

Posted Feb 22, 2015 at Caryn Drexl Photography

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A Sampling. Mixed-media piece consisting of two prints (one of my photos and a public domain skull image) on watercolor paper, the top one ripped to reveal the one underneath. Continue reading

Posted Feb 22, 2015 at Caryn Drexl Photography

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Thanks Jacqueline, I'm glad that you found some of it useful. Obviously i'm still catching on to things on a regular basis, it would probably be impossible not to with all the changes they make and options there are! And I agree, i'm surprised most never think of showing the crops. Granted, a lot of people still don't use variations thanks to the lack of being able to do different shipping prices for different sizes, so they might just crop down their main image when they list the same image 8 times for all the different sizes? I would definitely also suggest you don't offer TOO many options. We can put our images on SO many different things that it can just be a LOT to force on a buyer all at once. Just have 10 size options at times feels like a lot! And thank you, I wish you luck with your shops as well. (And man, I wish i could Fed-ex all my stuff! But at least i'm only moving about 7 hours away!)

Commented Feb 21, 2015 on Selling Prints on Etsy - Updates/Part 4 at Caryn Drexl Photography

Where to find me

I won't go on with excuses to why I haven't posted too much (you've heard it all before!) but I did want to pop in to let you all know, in case you don't already, that while i'm not currently making any new images (not really) I have been selling off a lot of stuff to prepare for an out of state move (FINALLY)! Instagram for one, and first and foremost, though I post regular life stuff there too so if you don't want to see waffles and cats and non photo crafty business you can follow my twitter and/or... Continue reading

Posted Feb 20, 2015 at Caryn Drexl Photography

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Selling Prints on Etsy - Updates/Part 4

(I'm happy to share with everyone a much improved and expanded version of these blog posts by way of The Beginners Guide to Selling Prints on Etsy. You can read a little more about it HERE.) I'd hoped there would never be a Part 4, and here I am regardless! (Feel free to visit Part 1 / Part 2 and Part 3 first!) If you've visited my Selling Prints on Etsy blog series recently you probably saw that I added a note to the top of each post sometime around September 2014, because Etsy made some changes they've been promising... Continue reading

Posted Dec 12, 2014 at Caryn Drexl Photography

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I think that i'm still here

090514. Self portrait. All images are copyright protected © Caryn Drexl and are not to be used or altered without permission. Continue reading

Posted Sep 8, 2014 at Caryn Drexl Photography

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