Stephen Mitchell | Life Lessons, Creativity & Personal Growth
Observations on Being a Weekend Father, Creating New Memories and Figuring Life Out
This morning, Sarah and I visited a camera store at Westfield Marion Shopping Centre to print 23 of my RedBubble photographs in 8"x12" format. We also picked up three small folders that can hold about 120 photographs in 6"x4" format. These folders will serve as 'easy-to-display' books for my online gallery in a real-world location.... Continue Reading →
The Biggest Zoom Lens You'll Ever See! "The Beast" — a 1200–1700mm f/5.6 IF-ED Nikon zoom, custom-converted to Canon — was a true Goliath of its time. The tripod alone was a gigantic Manfrotto with a video head built to handle the monstrous weight. Mal Langsdon, Reuters' Head of Pictures Operations for France, BENELUX, Italy,... Continue Reading →
Despite being told not duplicate other people's posts, I am using John Chow's post about "blogging mistakes to avoid" to tell you how and why I keep a web-journal: Mistake #1 - Not Updating Have to agree with this one. I don't upload as much as the average blogger. Maybe it's because I have kept... Continue Reading →
Interesting Statistics from the Blog World Expo: Over 12 million American adults currently maintain a blog. More than 147 million Americans use the Internet. Over 57 million Americans read blogs. 1.7 million American adults list making money as one of the reasons they blog. 89% of companies surveyed say they think blogs will be more... Continue Reading →
I am an ardent anti-smoker. Why is that we can be jailed/gaoled for carrying explosives, chemicals, hair-spray and other potential life-killing devices onto aircraft ... yet we can purchase cigarettes duty free at the airport and carry them in our carry-on luggage?! Doesn't anyone read the packaging - not even Airport security?I'll leave you all... Continue Reading →
A lot of people from all corners of our world are going to assemble as a collective body of energy to meditate simultaneously for 1 hour (60 minutes) on July 17 at 11:11 GMT — 20:41 (8:41 PM). Why? Apparently our planet is slowly being killed by the habits of the human inhabitants. Nothing new for... Continue Reading →
Staying On The Journey Perfection sounds like a wonderful goal, until you realise how exhausting it is. To be perfect is to assume you've arrived. That you've learned everything worth knowing. That you've somehow achieved guru status. I don't buy that. I'd rather remain a student, especially when it comes to photography. There's something far... Continue Reading →
Turns out it isn't all that difficult to convert your photographs into stencils. Most children do this during their formative years. Now every parent can relive those fridge-covered days! But the first thing you have to ask yourself: Which photograph do I use? None of my current photo's seem worthy of putting on my chest!... Continue Reading →
Earlier this afternoon I decided to test out the finer-attributes of my little camera, a compact Canon Digital IXUS v.2 . Each photo makes me smile with amazement. Whilst taking the photographs I did not expect them to turn out so well. But it was not till I was uploading them that I realised how... Continue Reading →
I’m not going to steal Marc Hedlund’s thunder by simply copying and pasting his text to here: This post is the greatest piece of advice any entrepreneur will read, and every web-geek should already have read. This is basically a summary of a lot of great proverbs collected over his working lifetime, then gave his... Continue Reading →
It's that time of the year again, where we all go to lunch with work colleagues to celebrate surviving another year in the same work environment together - where we might have to endure sitting on a table loaded with big-wigs, fat-cats, and managers. The astute employee uses this location to their advantage, wielding a... Continue Reading →
Last night was the most fantastic night of my life. Other than my marriage-day, U2 was definitely a concert worth waiting for. Arriving at the stadium at 5.00pm, I thought it would be filled already - but no, not even a third full. Having a great seat on the Eastern side of the stand, our... Continue Reading →
[…] with XXY, and alone now, has taught me that my brain is wired differently to most – yet I…
[…] Living with XXY, and alone now, has taught me that my brain is wired differently to most – yet…