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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 drastically and not…
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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 drastically and not…
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A Non-Expert 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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Get Lost
“…to be lost is to be fully present, and to be fully present is to be capable of being in uncertainty and mystery. And one does not get lost but loses oneself, with the implication that it is a conscious choice, a chosen surrender, a…
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iA Writer
After several free trials, beta tests and tribulations I have chosen iA Writer as my tool to help me create stories I want to tell (not calling myself a writer or author yet). The software for me had to pass several standards such as: Cross-platform…
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Stay or Go?
When I noticed recently that the total number of photos stored on my computer is almost 40,000, it seemed time to do some organizing and pruning. No problem right? Just get rid of the images I don’t want and look for the keepers. So, what…
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Stay Or Go?
When I noticed recently that the total number of photos stored on my computer is almost 40,000, it seemed time to do some organizing and pruning. No problem right? Just get rid of the images I don’t want and look for the keepers. So, what…
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iA Writer
After several free trials, beta tests and tribulations of desktop writing software I have finally decided on my tool of choice. iA Writer helps me take notes and create the stories I want to tell (not calling myself a writer or author yet). The criteria…
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Why Photography?
Ever since I snapped my first digital photograph I was hooked. Sure, it is fun and there is almost instant gratification but what else? Why else does someone pick up a camera and invest a lot of time, money and effort? I have known a…
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2001-2013
That is the amount of photos discovered in the archives I am sorted and am backing up. This is most of it so far but I just discovered others from other hard drives. To say nothing about the images from 2013-2018. Estimated time to completion…
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Progress
Time to get serious and disciplined regarding digital asset management (DAM). As I type, I am transferring files off of the various external hard drives to a master file on my computer. Then I will use Lightroom to remove the duplicates, sort the wheat from…
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Photo Archeology
My very first digital photograph back in November 2001. When I was away at college I borrowed my father’s Olympus C2100. I loved the zoom and bokeh it produced. This had helped solidify my photography enthusiasm. I discovered this when sorting through the archives and…
