Comments on: Controlling Your World With the Lens Cap On http://www.lighting-essentials.com/controlling-your-world-with-the-lens-cap-on/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=controlling-your-world-with-the-lens-cap-on Ideas, Inspiration, Information and Discussions for Emerging Commercial Photographers Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:20:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: links for 2010-01-13 | Steve G. Bisig http://www.lighting-essentials.com/controlling-your-world-with-the-lens-cap-on/comment-page-1/#comment-18214 links for 2010-01-13 | Steve G. Bisig Wed, 13 Jan 2010 08:04:36 +0000 http://www.lighting-essentials.com/?p=2859#comment-18214 [...] Controlling Your World With the Lens Cap On LIGHTING ESSENTIALS For Photographers (tags: photography) [...] [...] Controlling Your World With the Lens Cap On LIGHTING ESSENTIALS For Photographers (tags: photography) [...]

]]> By: TRupti http://www.lighting-essentials.com/controlling-your-world-with-the-lens-cap-on/comment-page-1/#comment-18152 TRupti Mon, 11 Jan 2010 06:35:54 +0000 http://www.lighting-essentials.com/?p=2859#comment-18152 This Article realized me to get back in my work which i left before.. thank for such a inspiring article..... This Article realized me to get back in my work which i left before..

thank for such a inspiring article…..

]]> By: David Sr. http://www.lighting-essentials.com/controlling-your-world-with-the-lens-cap-on/comment-page-1/#comment-18101 David Sr. Fri, 08 Jan 2010 19:06:10 +0000 http://www.lighting-essentials.com/?p=2859#comment-18101 ROGER THAT !! Already doing it.!! I "Closed the Lens Cap" on a few things this week and last, and allocated that time for things in the "PLUS column" of my personal growth ledger. LE is one thing in the "PLUS column". I find it easy to keep doing the same thing... the challenge is to constantly reevaluate and continually adjust. I have a computer (additional to the office) that faces away from the TV the Family watches in the evening. I can work on "Priority C" things while the TV is on. I have a little rear-view mirror I can glance into if there is something I want to "see" (usually not so much). This keeps me connected to the Family without them having to hunt me down in the office, plus the appearance of work-a-holic is reduced. I don't even know what Burn Closer is, I've never played Mafia, and block "friends" that keep sending me that farm crap! Timely Article !! Happy Friday ROGER THAT !! Already doing it.!!

I “Closed the Lens Cap” on a few things this week and last, and allocated that time for things in the “PLUS column” of my personal growth ledger. LE is one thing in the “PLUS column”. I find it easy to keep doing the same thing… the challenge is to constantly reevaluate and continually adjust.

I have a computer (additional to the office) that faces away from the TV the Family watches in the evening. I can work on “Priority C” things while the TV is on. I have a little rear-view mirror I can glance into if there is something I want to “see” (usually not so much). This keeps me connected to the Family without them having to hunt me down in the office, plus the appearance of work-a-holic is reduced. I don’t even know what Burn Closer is, I’ve never played Mafia, and block “friends” that keep sending me that farm crap!

Timely Article !!
Happy Friday

]]> By: Tanya http://www.lighting-essentials.com/controlling-your-world-with-the-lens-cap-on/comment-page-1/#comment-18099 Tanya Fri, 08 Jan 2010 18:09:51 +0000 http://www.lighting-essentials.com/?p=2859#comment-18099 *sigh* I needed this. I answered a potential client's email at 10:30pm the other night.......30 seconds after she'd sent it.......while I was in the bathroom. She booked though! LOL *sigh* I needed this. I answered a potential client’s email at 10:30pm the other night…….30 seconds after she’d sent it…….while I was in the bathroom.

She booked though! LOL

]]> By: Linda http://www.lighting-essentials.com/controlling-your-world-with-the-lens-cap-on/comment-page-1/#comment-18098 Linda Fri, 08 Jan 2010 17:50:03 +0000 http://www.lighting-essentials.com/?p=2859#comment-18098 Great Article, I really needed this article today! I've found myself far too involved in the happenings on twitter and FB, and not enough time on the tasks that truly MEAN something to me and my business. Great Article, I really needed this article today! I’ve found myself far too involved in the happenings on twitter and FB, and not enough time on the tasks that truly MEAN something to me and my business.

]]> By: wizwow http://www.lighting-essentials.com/controlling-your-world-with-the-lens-cap-on/comment-page-1/#comment-18097 wizwow Fri, 08 Jan 2010 17:34:33 +0000 http://www.lighting-essentials.com/?p=2859#comment-18097 That Vortex is a Killer! We all have been there. Totally exhausting useless work. That Vortex is a Killer!

We all have been there. Totally exhausting useless work.

]]> By: Destry Jaimes http://www.lighting-essentials.com/controlling-your-world-with-the-lens-cap-on/comment-page-1/#comment-18096 Destry Jaimes Fri, 08 Jan 2010 17:30:40 +0000 http://www.lighting-essentials.com/?p=2859#comment-18096 This is something I've definitely been taking control of lately. Being your own boss takes LOTS of discipline, and for me, it has taken some annoying, recurring calendar pop-ups and reminder tones on my phone to whip me into shape and get me on track, but it's been working. I start my days early - anywhere between 6 and 7am, just so I can have some "extra" time before the day actually starts. This is when I sit down at my desk, handle any emails, and go over my schedule and tasks for the day and remaining week. I also schedule out any automagic tweets for the day and skim the latest RSS blog feeds, and do it all in the time it takes to fuel up on coffee. After that's done, I'm up and at 'em, handling any tasks for the day, and not sitting at the computer unless I have to. Even then, I keep any application that's an irrelevant distraction closed (usually). The schedule I've made for myself has been tweaked as needed, but it's pretty much stable now, and I find that I get a lot more done because I'm more focused on goals and forward momentum. Another great post, Don. Thanks Destry Jaimes http://www.dfjphoto.com http://dfjphoto.blogspot.com http://twitter.com/dfjphoto This is something I’ve definitely been taking control of lately.

Being your own boss takes LOTS of discipline, and for me, it has taken some annoying, recurring calendar pop-ups and reminder tones on my phone to whip me into shape and get me on track, but it’s been working.

I start my days early – anywhere between 6 and 7am, just so I can have some "extra" time before the day actually starts.

This is when I sit down at my desk, handle any emails, and go over my schedule and tasks for the day and remaining week.

I also schedule out any automagic tweets for the day and skim the latest RSS blog feeds, and do it all in the time it takes to fuel up on coffee.

After that’s done, I’m up and at ‘em, handling any tasks for the day, and not sitting at the computer unless I have to. Even then, I keep any application that’s an irrelevant distraction closed (usually).

The schedule I’ve made for myself has been tweaked as needed, but it’s pretty much stable now, and I find that I get a lot more done because I’m more focused on goals and forward momentum.

Another great post, Don.

Thanks

Destry Jaimes
http://www.dfjphoto.com
http://dfjphoto.blogspot.com
http://twitter.com/dfjphoto

]]> By: Daron Shade http://www.lighting-essentials.com/controlling-your-world-with-the-lens-cap-on/comment-page-1/#comment-18094 Daron Shade Fri, 08 Jan 2010 17:28:18 +0000 http://www.lighting-essentials.com/?p=2859#comment-18094 P.S. that's +1 on Burn Notice and Fi! P.S. that’s +1 on Burn Notice and Fi!

]]> By: Daron Shade http://www.lighting-essentials.com/controlling-your-world-with-the-lens-cap-on/comment-page-1/#comment-18093 Daron Shade Fri, 08 Jan 2010 17:26:21 +0000 http://www.lighting-essentials.com/?p=2859#comment-18093 First off, I'd like to ask. Will you join my Mafia? Be my neighbor in farmville? How about try my new soup at Cafe World? Seriously good bit of common sense there. I think we all do it. What rung loudest for me was the "reading stuff you already know" - I just got a Nikon F3 and picked up an MD-4 for it. In the past, I've owned F3's and MD-4's and many other bodies from that era. I know all the strengths and all the weaknesses of this camera. So, you know what I do? I spend 3 hours reading reviews of them and looking at manuals online. Did I learn anything at all? No, nothing. Why keep reading? Because I was sucked into the vortex! First off, I’d like to ask. Will you join my Mafia? Be my neighbor in farmville? How about try my new soup at Cafe World?

Seriously good bit of common sense there. I think we all do it. What rung loudest for me was the "reading stuff you already know" – I just got a Nikon F3 and picked up an MD-4 for it. In the past, I’ve owned F3′s and MD-4′s and many other bodies from that era. I know all the strengths and all the weaknesses of this camera. So, you know what I do? I spend 3 hours reading reviews of them and looking at manuals online. Did I learn anything at all? No, nothing. Why keep reading? Because I was sucked into the vortex!

]]> By: wizwow http://www.lighting-essentials.com/controlling-your-world-with-the-lens-cap-on/comment-page-1/#comment-18091 wizwow Fri, 08 Jan 2010 17:24:55 +0000 http://www.lighting-essentials.com/?p=2859#comment-18091 Oh hell yeah on Fi!!! Heh! Oh hell yeah on Fi!!! Heh!

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