A Facebook friend and fellow photographer responded to my addeddum with... ..., ask a landscape photographer how much "fun" it is freezing their nuts off setting up for a sunrise shot of a frozen lake, ... I very quickly wrote a response. But realising it was getting quite lengthy, I decided to publish it here... Continue Reading →
Remember
I started writing this earlier this morning, but each hour throughout the day whilst doing other things I added a few extra words, revised the structure, deleted a bit here, tweaked the sentence structure slightly ... until it arrived at this point. Where I decided that any more would take it backwards five steps. The... Continue Reading →
Surviving Change
My QotD: Change is good. Change is difficult. Whereas underestimating the value and importance of change is hazardous to one's soul and future. Appreciating the fact that change is inevitable is smart thinking. Even if it takes a little time to realise.
Into the Wilderness of Youth and Inexperience
I don't often review movies unless they have had a MASSIVE effect on me. Today I have two movies to watch, both recommended by some Facebook (of all places) conversations. 1. Into the Wild First a book, then a movie about the journey of Christopher Johnson McCandless. What you read below is as I wrote... Continue Reading →
Re-Entering the Web Arena
I have held back for far too long in my self-learning of web design. Whilst I established my ability at coding HTML and CSS as early as 2002, I've not spent a lot of time since then expanding my knowledge. But now that I want to re-design my website to bring into the latest arena,... Continue Reading →
My Best Self Portraits
I take self portraits wherever and whenever I can: There's more, but these are my favorites.
Why I Don’t Drive and Probably Never Will
When I was about eight-years-old, I got hit by a car coming around a bus. I stupidly jumped off at a bus-stop, ran to the back of the bus, turned and ran across the road behind the bus. The two previous days I had made it across successfully and ran into the front-yard of my... Continue Reading →
How to Make Money from a Liquidation
Most Australians would know by now that BORDERS are in liquidation. As an avid book reader, I am dismayed by this, yet am thankful we have other great book suppliers in Adelaide. (Dymocks and Angus&Robertson to name a few!) Despite knowing about the liquidation a few months ago, it wasn't until tonight that I actually... Continue Reading →
Top 10 Ways to Get your Partner out of Bed
Decided to compile a list of best methods I can get the wife to wake up this morning! At no time were any of these ideas attempted. We have a happy relationship. I'd like to keep it that way.. 1. Airhorn. One blast will put them on the ceiling, the second blast will bring out their... Continue Reading →
15 Reasons To Never Give Up
After a recent tragedy (~someone I had the good fortune to meet several times, and talk with more than a dozen times, took his own life), I decided it was time to post this list as it has often helped me put the whole world into a new perspective. As Long As You Are Alive... Continue Reading →
Definition of Five Photography Words
The first five words in a series that will be published weekly. These five are actually acronyms, yet just as important to know. DIY 'Do It Yourself' (Sometimes, 'Destroy It Yourself') Photographers, probably more than any other group are known for ingenious modifications, hacks and inventions created as inexpensive methods to get a better photograph.... Continue Reading →
Finding About Yourself Using the Internet
I'm always looking at better ways to present myself online, both professionally and personally. The hardest part is writing descriptive words that sound neither egotistical nor arrogant. So we sometimes spend time reading about other people to discover ourselves. Which is what I have done for most of this afternoon. Whilst my original plan today... 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…