My top 3 lessons for April: 1. Change is necessary, and important, but be careful who you ask to make the change. 2. Don’t underestimate your value, but don’t stretch the truth either. 3. Disengage. We need a break from certain things to properly assess if all the fuss was worthwhile, and to step back [...]
Three things I learned this month: 1. I know that I don’t know. I am at peace with the proliferation of uncertainty that the world is going through. Before it was causing me so much anxiety but I have learned to embrace it and I am ready to just dive right in. Uncertainty is something [...]
Top 3 things I learned in February: 1. There is strength in vulnerability. Admitting defeat or re-framing a weakness has a bigger impact. It is also so very liberating. 2. Cherish school. Cherish it. It is a unique experience like none other. Reap all that there is to gain from it, and be at peace [...]
2012 started out great, and it’s still looking great. I met a ton of new people and I love each and every one of them! I know that sounds cheesy, but I guess I never really knew how many awesome people there are in my school. I kind of just sheltered myself for most of [...]
When you get out of your shell, take a risk, and put forth 100% of yourself, you will be pleasantly surprised. I did that yesterday and immediately connected with a some individuals who came together because of one common passion: photography. I practiced my directing, my posing, my ability to change settings quickly depending on [...]
View Part 1 here. 2. Give your camera body more credit. While some people will claim that particular effects in your images are dependent on the lenses you use (usually the very expensive ones), it’s unaffordable and a bad addiction to acquire a new lens every other month. You can do so many things with [...]
Demetri Martin visited some Canadian cities to kick off his North American tour for 2012. He made his way to Toronto on Friday, January 13, performing at the Queen Elizabeth Theater at the Exhibition Place. Demetri Martin’s jokes are mainly one-liner puns, play on words, play on the English language, and play on irrational human [...]
Photographers, artists and other creative professionals often say something to the effect of, “If you love something enough, you don’t need to work at it. It should be natural.” I believe that ‘natural desire’ takes you so far. Whatever you thought you naturally loved, you may notice that once in a while you had to [...]
What started as an experimental project, turned out to be the greatest learning experience. Why [Month] Made Me Smile began in June as a way to be a more frequent and consistent shooter. Even though photography should be ‘natural’, a self-initiated push is still necessary. Even the most ‘unconscious’ of photography is taken with a [...]
Here are some things that November did to make me smile:
