Found this TED video, heard this quote within it, and had to tell everyone about it. Particularly you. "If you are not prepared to be wrong, you will never come up with anything original."- Sir Ken Robinson But don't just stop there. Listen to the whole video. It is hilarious ... and quite enlightening. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iG9CE55wbtY... Continue Reading →
Never Buy Cheap Camera Equipment
Seriously, when it comes to dSLR equipment, never go cheap! I bought a 67mm neutral density filter when I was on Kangaroo Island last time I was there. I cannot recall the brand, but I do recall that it was about $15. I should have stopped right there, but I wanted to test some ideas.... Continue Reading →
More of Me, Myself, and I
I have dug up a few photographs of myself in better times. Ah, how I miss those times. There is a link within each image that takes you to a bigger version. See you if you can find the splicing faults! This first one is from when we renovated the backyard. For about 3 months... Continue Reading →
Using Pain to Focus on What Matters
Thanks to a comment one night on my Facebook status, I spent the previous night dreaming through what my life would be like without a job. It wasn't pretty, I did NOT like it. Whilst my brain might be a bit addled these days with 'Severe Vertigo', I still have the power to think, reason,... Continue Reading →
Four Simple Tips for Selling Products by Phone
I've been housebound for about 3 weeks, suffering from Gastro, Severe Vertigo, and Tinnitus. Consequently, I have had to deal with the 3 or 4 telephone calls each day that, according to the person ringing, are not selling anything. Yet, ultimately, they are. What has rattled me today is not that they call me - but they... Continue Reading →
Advice to Commonwealth Olympians
I said this on Facebook earlier today. Now I realise that a wider audience needs to read it: Advice to Athletes: Forget about social media, you have a bigger job to do this week. Advice to social media addicts who feel the need to judge olympians: Get off the computer. Go outside. Get some exercise.... Continue Reading →
Keeping My Creative Spirit and Grit
Whilst watching this amazingly inciteful video earlier this morning, I got to thinking about moments for photographs that are stuck in my mind, yet I have not had the opportunity to return with a camera to capture them. One of them is a fog-covered and very wet parcel of land in the corner of a... Continue Reading →
Photograph of the Day: Red Tulip
My favourite photograph to date has now been uploaded to my FineArtAmerica gallery. I hope you like it as much: This single flower is one of a bunch purchased for the elderly matriarch within my wife's family. This lovely woman is nearing 92 years old. Whilst age is taking her hearing and eyesight, her wit... Continue Reading →
How Vulnerability Helped Me Find Myself
About two weeks ago my emotions ran wild and nearly overtook my normal crazy creative state of mind. How on earth could such a thing happen? I expressed my emotions through my photography, and it was quite vivid! Yes, that is my head with string wrapped around it like a roast meat. It is experimental photography,... Continue Reading →