Entries Tagged as 'thoughts'

Thursday, July 17th, 2008

Kickstart that Creativity

In a rut?  Got writer’s block or photo funk?  Here’s some great ways to kickstart those creative juices!  This is actually part of a larger work I am putting together, called 101 Sources of Inspiration.  Here’s the first 25 I’ve put together:
Inspired Photography:
25 sources of inspiration
 
As we all endeavor to find new ways to express ourselves creatively, [...]

Monday, July 14th, 2008

Monday Mindbender

I was catching up on some recent photo magazines and the August issue of Shutterbug had a pretty cool picture. The theme was “Letters”, and people were taking pictures of various letters of the alphabet. Erica Ellis had a very interesting capture, shown below:

The challenge here was to see how many letters of [...]

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Wednesday, July 9th, 2008

What’s This? Week 5 - or is it 6?

This last week have been rather hectic for me, so I honestly don’t remember what week we are on for the “What’s This?” theme.   I think it’s Week5, but perhaps someone could confirm this for me in the comments.  Truth be told, I also have not had the luxury of much surf time so [...]

Monday, June 23rd, 2008

Monday Minutia: Memory Management

A post over on This Week in Photography got me thinking about my memory cards and the rituals or practices I take to conserve my image data. As they suggested over at TWIP, I do format my cards in camera prior to using. This in-camera formatting optimizes the data sectors and creates folders [...]

Friday, June 13th, 2008

Rituals - Cleaning your Gear

Rituals are an important part of many cultures and belief systems. Yet rituals can also be patterns of behavior. We drive the same way to work every day, we tend to eat similar meals from one week to the next, and we do certain things each and every day, like brushing our teeth, [...]