Archive for Month: January, 2011
Some of the Things I’ll Be Doing This Week
1) Sleeping with some old friends. Not that kind of sleeping with, sicko!
2) Walking. A lot of walking. Not in high heels. I’ll be doing my walking in cute red flats, fake Chuck Taylors (don’t judge me, Chucks are just too narrow for my big feet), and my black slouch boots. I ordered some new boots with a gift certificate, but they have yet to arrive. Ask me if I’ll ever use basic free shipping again.
3) Teaching friends how to “get off the green square” at Wednesday’s Photography Wisdom Workshop.
4) Walking. Lots of walking. Oh, yeah; I already said that.
5) Hugging. Lots of hugging.
6) Lauging. Lots of laughing.
7) Pictures. Taking lots and lots of pictures. I mean, how can I not?
8) Interacting, face-to-face, with people that I have come to love and respect.
9) Enjoying a good portion of the week, being filled with creativity, individuality, adult interaction, music, food, drinks, and walking (lots of walking!)
10) Finding my red ball!
“The master in the art of living makes little distinction between his work and his play… He simply pursues his vision of excellence at whatever he does, leaving others to decide whether he is working or playing. To him he’s always doing both.”
—James Michener
Weekly Winners {The “O is for Old & Orange” Edition}
“Sometimes I feel that life is passing me by, not slowly either, but with ropes of steam and spark-spattered wheels and a hoarse roar of power or terror. It’s passing, yet I’m the one who’s doing all the moving.”
—Martin Amis
Monochromatic Thoughts
mon·o·chrome /ˈmɒnəˌkroʊm/ [mon-uh-krohm]
Main Entry: constant
Definition: fixed
Synonyms: connected, consistent, continual, equable, even, firm, habitual, homogeneous, immutable, invariable, like the Rock of Gibralter, monochrome , monophonic, monotonous, nonstop, of a piece, permanent, perpetual, regular, regularized, solid as rock, stabile, stable, standardized, steadfast, steady, together, unalterable, unbroken, unchanging, unflappable, unfluctuating, uniform, uninterrupted, unvarying
Antonyms: changeable, fickle, fluctuating, inconstant, irregular, unstable, unsteady, varying, wavering
Now you know why I love monochrome so.
Weekly Winners {The Snow-My-Gosh Edition}
“And so The Snow Queen also became a story about the need to seek equilibrium, in our own lives, with the natural world, even within the universe at large.”
—Joan D. Vinge
Heads or Tails Mini-Sessions at Blissdom’11
I’m going to be in Nashville, TN for the Blissdom ’11 Conference, at the end of the month. I’ll be leading a Wisdom Workshop with Lotus, Dawn, Casey, Deanna, Amy, and Angie. ALL about photography, of course. The cool thing is that it’s going to be a very hands-on photography workshop. If you’re going to Blissdom, and you want to learn how to “get off the green square”, you should come to the workshop. I proposed the workshop; believe me when I tell you that it’s gonna be an excellent opportunity for some hands on training. Hands on training with some of the most talented photographers I know.
Photography: Get Off the Green Square!
Composition has been covered. What we need now is to get everyone out of automatic mode. Blissdom provides time to sit down in small groups and focus on what your camera can really do. Experienced and supportive workshop leaders will concentrate on teaching just what each part of the camera does. What is AV? What is TV? How the heck do I shoot in manual? Can someone please explain the difference between Adobe RGB and sRGB? RAW? An intimate hands-on learning environment followed by time to put your newly achieved non-automatic techniques to use with your instructors right there for additional help.
Another opportunity is having some portraits taken by yours truly:
I’m offering mini-sessions, either Boudoir style or head-shots!
The cost is $75.00, and this is what you get:
- One 30-45 minute session
- Five high quality, high-resolution images
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