fieldnotes
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Distraction-Free Reading
When and how does anyone make the time? The simple answer is deliberately. There are plenty of mind-numbing, time-wasting activities out there but who wouldn’t want to get something out of it? One helpful tip is that “Airplane Mode” on your device works just as…
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Transition I am decommissioning my Misadventures.me website and coming back here to ChrisDenbow.com. It was an attempt at a fresh start but then I realized I didn’t want to go that direction. The web domain expires soon and I am not renewing it. It is…
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Discovery Expect the unexpected…and you will find it.
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It’s Not Relevant Instagram sucks. It used to be a great way to network with great photographers and friends. It has evolved from a creative community into an abomination of memes, unoriginal work and advertisements. When Facebook purchased Instagram everyone knew that it would change…
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Lightroom Preset Sync! “Finally!” – all Adobe Lightroom users I’ve been able to synchronize my custom film effects from the desktop to my mobile iOS devices so now I can edit my images anywhere. On my iPhone On my iPad This is a fantastic development…
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Idea Here’s an overview about my thought processes and cycles. Steps ten and eleven is the hard part because…number twelve. Repeat the cycle again and again. Get an idea 1. See, hear, smell, taste, touch something interesting 2. Obsess about it Do your research 3.…
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VSCO > Instagram Instagram sucks. I’ve said it before and I’ll keep saying it. VSCO has a great business model. They make and sell digital products to help enhance your photography and provide a social platform to host too. VSCO desktop presets for Adobe Lightroom…
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A Non-Expert’s Guide To Writing
Three important lessons for people who are inspiring writers and have never done this before: Get a unique story idea. Plot it out. Research and study the hell out of your topic and genre. A fourth lesson would be to stop focusing on all of…
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Create vs. Consume I am reading and curating a lot lately for various reasons. Inspiration, mostly but also for reflection and knowledge. What I am not doing lately is creating. I learn better by doing but haven’t been inspired yet. This doesn’t make sense. I’m…
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Parts Unknown
I enjoyed Anthony Bourdain’s travel and food shows when I could catch them but will find time to watch more now that he has passed. Dry wit, curiosity no non-sense bullshit and enjoyed life by meeting people over good food in great places around the…
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6/6 GHR Check-In
Time to evaluate my progress for my Groundhog Resolutions, the 10th annual attempt at creating life-long habits for myself. I’ve discovered that right after the end of the year holidays I am not mentally or physically capable of sticking with resolutions for the upcoming new…
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Noted
“Five hundred years later, Leonardo Da Vinci’s notebooks are around to astonish and inspire us. Fifty years from now, our own notebooks, if we work up the initiative to start writing them, will be around to astonish and inspire out grandchildren, unlike our tweets and…