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Read MoreWorkshops? A New Direction… After a Break. Maybe.
It’s time. Actually it may be later than that. And that makes it all the more… more… Well, I don’t really know how I feel about stopping the workshops. A little sad, I suppose. Possibly a tiny bit bitter (fuckit, I’m human… right?). But mostly I feel like I needed to do it and move to a different place. Doing workshops was something that was fun, but not my main source...
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Read MoreTen Things I Know About Creativity
Occasionally we run into the argument of whether or not ‘creativity’ can be taught, or does it have to be born within us? We read all about creativity and how important it is. We award little statuettes to really “creative” people. Creativity is blessed, cursed, chased, obsessed over, ignored, beaten down and vindicated. It is a word so over used that we mention Stravinsky and Lady...
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Read MoreA Project 52 Assignment: Lunch
This was a most incredible assignment over at Project 52. Based on a single layout, supplied to the photographers, they had to complete a faux assignment from an ad agency that was representing a Pharmaceutical Company. The point of the ad was to show how a new pill could allow oldsters to feel like they were younger. The product addresses an eating disorder, so the focus was on having “lunch”....
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Read MoreThoughts On A Couple of Portraits
I was asked about my portraiture by a reader who wanted to know what I am thinking about when shooting. I decided to break down a couple of shots I did of Natalie in Seattle the Sunday after my creativeLIVE presentation. We were on the waterfront and the sun was out in full force. Yes, it was out in full in Seattle in April. Maybe it was me, maybe it was Bri… who knows. The girls were taking turns...
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Read MoreImitate. Assimilate. Innovate. The Creative Learning Cycle
Clark Terry was one of the world’s best jazz trumpet players and educators (I guess he could DO as well as TEACH… who knew). He is also well known for stating the artists creative cycle in three short words: Imitate, Assimilate, Innovate. He was speaking toward musicians, but I am a strong believer that it is also applicable for photographers, designers, illustrators, dragster drivers, authors,...
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Read MoreThank You creativeLIVE: What a Great Experience
Well it was planned for a long time. We put it on the calendar back in December I believe. I couldn’t speak to it until it went “live” so to speak, and the marketing push started. So I simply alluded to a certain three days that my friends and LE followers should bookmark. Heh… And now it is Sunday morning, Easter, and the wonderful days of the workshop are behind me. The hours...
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Read MoreA Drive Through Northern Arizona on a Sunny Day
It was a bright Friday morning as I left to go up north. I had planned on leaving a bit earlier than 8:30, but those plans were offset by the need to get my youngest to school and finish some things at the office. Sometimes the plans we make don’t work out. They just don’t. I had wanted to leave very early so that Flagstaff would be breakfast and the Navajo Reservation would still be in morning...
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Read MoreWhy I Think You Should Watch My creativeLIVE Show in April
Hi, gentle readers of this blog/zine… err, whatever it is. If you have been following along for any time you know that I don’t have a lot of stuff to sell, nor do I spend much time hawking how fabulously cool I am. Really. But occasionally I need to do a little self-promotion and this is one of those times. I hope you bear with me. If I could indulge you for a few minutes, I would like to tell...
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Glad you dropped by. This is my love and my muse. We talk about photography here, as well as the folks who make images. I am very focused on commercial and fine art photography, and we don't really spend all that much time on weddings and such. I have written 5 books - two I give away here, and two are for sale at Amazon, and the 5th one is being edited and designed right now! Thanks for visiting, leave a comment or join me the social networks...