Art of Happiness

Although I have a secret yearning for a lush and perfect cottage garden like the kind you see on estate travel shows I also  know that’s requires more patience than anything else. At the same time there is weeding, fertilizing and pruning that needs to happen to get it there.  Getting the bare minimum done happens but along with that I discover... [Read more of this article]

It’s possible to be both extroverted and shy, or just shy in person but not in email – there are all kinds of combinations. Shyness isn’t something necessarily to overcome, the usual advice of the non-shy to those afflicted but neither is it a good excuse to do nothing. Self promotion seems to just keep getting more and more important... [Read more of this article]

So what am I going to do about all the excuses and constraints on getting more exercise?  Like photography, I’m simply going to set my sights a lot lower. Instead of the 2.5 hours a day I know it took in the past, I’m going to commit to 30 minutes every day. Nothing fancy but I’ve got a treadmill, a hula hoop, weights, and the neighborhood.... [Read more of this article]

I wish weight were a purely aesthetic consideration – but, it isn’t when it impacts flexibility and miles hiked. So it’s important for my health and also for accomplishing my other goals. I hate to admit it but it’s been falling pretty much last on the list for quite awhile. Like many, I’ve made some progress in this area... [Read more of this article]

So last week was about some brutal honesty on what I haven’t been doing to move photography forward. This week is meant to be a little more constructive in what I plan to do about it. First off, I’m committing to do my current list of photography projects without any new equipment – I can produce an ebook with what I’ve got,... [Read more of this article]

There is no doubt in my mind that nature photography is a key part of who I want to be professionally but you wouldn’t always know it by my actions.   It’s something that has always delighted me from the first picture when my dad held the weight of the old Polaroid with my mom as the reluctant model. Like anything artistic there’s... [Read more of this article]

Without getting too political, the whole “Haitian Incident” involving the American missionaries really rubbed me the wrong way, particularly the people I’ve heard defending their actions – ‘they had some parents’ permission’. And that makes it OK? If a van pulled up in rural Appalachia and offered to take... [Read more of this article]