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 →
One Way to Have a Great Weekend – My Way!
It's been a busy weekend of editing photographs and creating new graphics. All whilst doing some gardening, so nothing happened as fast it could have done. Yet this is not what I had planned for the weekend ... I did have plans to build an eBay store. I saw last week (via someone on Facebook)... Continue Reading →
8 Important Points to Hiring a Photographer
Being a photographer is a lot of fun, yet we sometimes get clients who take us for granted. So I'm using this article to point out the issues that bug us the most. Each point is potentially harsh - yet many photographers have to deal with these daily. My main point is to make clients... Continue Reading →
9 Articles Loaded with Photographic Tips
It's always good to go through one's archives and history to see where the journey started - and to see if everything is still on track. Over the last few years I have written a LOT of articles giving simple advice about photography. Mostly I link back to my own work, showing the world where... Continue Reading →
Dare to be More than You are right Now.
About five years ago I had each of these UPPERCASE-quotes printed in 22pt and stuck on my office petition. It's obviously aimed at a salesman, but can easily be used in anyone's life. DARE TO DO IT AGAIN Always finish your day on a positive. Pick up the telephone again and make one more call... Continue Reading →
Shooting Flowers whilst Picking Strawberries
Yesterday morning, before my coughbirthdaypartycough, my wife and I went for a quick trip to the Beerenberg Strawberry Farm to pick a few extra kilo's of strawberries. We love 'em! I also used the opportunity to see if a Twitter conversation would come to any fruition. I asked the older-lady at the pay-counter if their... Continue Reading →
All Groaned Up
I think I have finally grown up. After 14 years of marriage, this is how it is.. ~ We used to keep lots of beer & wine in the kitchen fridge. That's all been replaced with juice, water, & lemonade. The beer & wine now have their own fridge, rack and location! ~ Occasionally we... Continue Reading →
Calibrate the Colours of your Monitor Regularly!
Who else color-calibrates their monitor on a regular basis? I use the Spyder3 Express regularly to ensure my monitor is displaying my photography galleries in the right colours. For photographers and videographers, this is a tool you can NOT live without. It's amazing how often I speak to people who tell me their artwork is... Continue Reading →
I Own the Twitter Fail Whale
Yeah, that's right, I own the 'Fail Whale'! Or rather, just one of the whales. And it's not as big as we all thought it would be - because this local stationery store has them by the bucket-load, sitting on a shelf, waiting for twitter-nerds like myself. Here you can see mine: No, they don't... Continue Reading →
The Entrepreneurial Life of Stephen Mitchell 