Taking note of the good things
Posted in Recommended Articles on Sep 27th, 2007
Zen Habits has a great article today titled How to Accept Criticism with Grace and Appreciation. This is a concept that is foreign to most people, and difficult at best to do even with criticism is well intentioned. I often try to remind myself that criticism is an opportunity to learn something from [...]
Posted in Photography Tips, Photos on Sep 27th, 2007
Recently I have had several requests to talk a little about ISO settings, what I use and why. First, thanks for the specific request. Second…well, no second just let’s get into it!
On a technical level, ISO really is just an acronym for the International Standards Organization that has set specific parameters for measuring [...]
Posted in Quotes on Sep 26th, 2007
“My great concern is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with your failure.”
– Abraham Lincoln
We all fail at various things on a regular basis; the question is what we do about it. The other day while filming a pee wee football game, our quarterback made a mistake and received a [...]
Posted in Site News on Sep 26th, 2007
Sorry for the little hiatus again. I was on a roll for a bit there, but as always, life has a way of taking over your time with these so called priorities. I hate to say that though, because I firmly believe you make time for what matters for you, and typically there is time [...]
Posted in Photos on Sep 26th, 2007
I have to say, one of my co-workers has the coolest birthday parties for his kid. This co-worker does read this blog at times, so I guess this could be construed as brown nosing, but I wanted to chat about it, so oh well. Our kids play on the same football team, and [...]
Posted in Quotes on Sep 13th, 2007
“If one advances confidentially in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours. “
- Henry David Thoreau
I am a big believer in the value of work, but work without a goal, direction and vision will often leave you working [...]
Posted in Photos on Sep 13th, 2007
I thought we could have a lot of fun this time with something different. Rather than caption what Donny is thinking, let’s look into the minds of those crazy fans up against the stage. Yes, I said crazy! I know many of you in this photo will be the ones looking at [...]
Posted in Photography Tips on Sep 11th, 2007
Previously I’ve talked about some techniques to try and get a photo in focus, but today let’s take the concept a little further. After you have mastered the techniques to hold your camera still and you get good lucky enough to capture your favorite entertainer holding still enough to get a great shot, the question [...]
Posted in Photos on Sep 11th, 2007
I was so happy to see that everyone participated and enjoyed in the first “Caption This” edition that I wanted to get a new one up quickly. You all came up with some hilarious captions that I would have never thought of! As a photographer it is always fascinating to me to learn how differently [...]
Posted in Photos on Sep 7th, 2007
Often when I review my photos I discover many that I end up tossing or never using simply because they didn’t turn out quite as I had originally intended. Usually a photo is unusable because it is out of focus, distracting elements in the photo that render it unusable, or perhaps most often [...]
