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…
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…
Expect the unexpected…and you will find it.
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…
“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…
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…
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…
Three important lessons for people who are inspiring writers and have never done this before: A fourth lesson would be to stop focusing on all of those and just get to writing something. Anything. Please.
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…
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…
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…
“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…
“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…
I’m somewhere between “harder than I thought” and “This is gonna take some work”.
How beneficial is all this research I am doing for various projects if if I’m not willing to apply it? I tend to overthink and research topics to the point I am overwhelmed and paralyzed into inaction. I will do…
