Let me first premise this article with the dialogue from which the title was born: There is an art, it says, or rather, a knack to flying. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss. … Clearly, it is this second part, the missing, which presents the difficulties. ~... Continue Reading →
My Week in Social Media Circles
I left last night's #SOCADL/#SMCADL meeting wondering why I was involved with this group. I have asked myself this many a time. Their were amazing people, interesting conversations, roads to take me along new paths in all aspects of my life. Yet I still not understanding why I had chosen to get involved with this... Continue Reading →
Pelicans on Kangaroo Island
Every time I go over to Kangaroo Island , the number one thing I love to photograph is the Pelicans at Kingscote. Here are the latest photographs from early this year. (January 2010) These first two shots display the man, John Ayliffe, who willingly spends his evening feeding the pelicans whilst teaching the tourists about... Continue Reading →
Altercation on Adelaide Train
Tuesday is normally a normal day, with normal events happening in a normal order. But today that was not to be the case. Let's start at the beginning. After a short night of sleep, I awoke at 6.45am. The usual formalities followed, including showering and dressing for work. A hearty breakfast to put some weight... Continue Reading →
Shooting at Night
Thanks to this Flickr.com thread entitled "Night Photography Tips", we have an amazing list of points, tips, tricks and items to have when shooting night photography. I will need to revisit TED's Camera's again! I've shuffled them around, spell-checked, cropped a few lengthy personal statements plus removed a lot of duplication. Use a tripod. If... Continue Reading →
How Kids Survived the Last Fifty Years
This is how it was before the lawyers and the government regulated so much of our lives for our own good. When we were kids there were no childproof lids on medicine bottles, doors or cabinets and when we rode our bikes, we had no helmets. As infants & children, we would ride in cars... Continue Reading →
Warrawong Wildlife Photography
Today my wife and I procured our nieces from their parents, so they could enjoy a night out without the "rug rats" in tow. Without much argument, the kids agreed with our decision to take them to the Warrawong Wildlife Sanctuary. Because I had not been there in almost 20 years, I turned it into... Continue Reading →
Ramblings #1
Herein lies a list of ramblings that started last Monday. Don't begin to think there is a story here. It's just a whole lot of statements that I considered putting on either my Twitter or Plurk account ... and a few did, so will be linked accordingly! Watch out for the personal-quotes, created from incidents... Continue Reading →
Talking, Listening, Learning and Getting on the WWW
Something I never thought I would one day be saying: "I am a plurker." It sits right along side "I google, twitter, facebook, wish on amazon, read on bloglines, sell on zazzle, listen on T61, and I am a redbubble veteran!" No doubt there is going to be a lot of people saying "What the...?",... Continue Reading →
The Entrepreneurial Life of Stephen Mitchell 