storm in my headSelf portrait.
Tornado image from Can Stock Photo.

Photo:  Storm in my Head
Self Portrait
Tornado storm image from Can Stock Photo by ig)rZh

I've been so motivated to create that I can't take new photos fast enough so I was playing with some older photos.  I also have certain subjects, items that I have accepted I am likely not going to get on my own shoots so I have purchased a few stock images to play with.  This image I used a storm image purchased on Can Stock Photo.   I always try to photograph all of the elements of my work myself but this is allowing me to play with editing and new concepts.  I don't think it will become a regular part of my process, outside the occasional small element but this was fun to play with and I feel that I made it truly my own in editing. 

The real question is if this is still considered a photograph or has it moved into more of a digital art piece.  What do you think?

I have a shoot set up this weekend and am excited to create more new work.  I am also sitting on some new work that can't be published just yet.  One  of my goals is to submit to more publications this year and many of them do not want work that was previously published so I am working on patience. 

How do you deal with patience?  Do you post work right away or hold off?