Archive for the 'creativity' Category
Saturday, July 5th, 2008
Morpheus: I imagine that right now, you’re feeling a bit like Alice. Hmm? Tumbling down the rabbit hole?
Neo: You could say that.
Morpheus: I see it in your eyes. You have the look of a man who accepts what he sees because he is expecting to wake up. Ironically, that’s not far from the truth.
(dialog from […]
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Friday, July 4th, 2008
Going back through my archives I found a few images where I took a series of exposures because of a severe dynamic range issue. I knew that this particular shot was going to be a little problematic for me because I really wanted the details to pop in the driftwood. To get the driftwood […]
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Sunday, June 29th, 2008
failure |ˈfālyər|
noun
1 lack of success : an economic policy that is doomed to failure | the failures of his policies.
• an unsuccessful person, enterprise, or thing : bad weather had resulted in crop failures.
• lack of success in passing an examination or test : exam failure.
• a grade that is not high enough to pass […]
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Thursday, June 12th, 2008
I was catching up on my blog reading and I saw a reference to an Ira Glass video series over on YouTube. They are wonderful segments on storytelling and creativity - told in a way that probably all artists can gain some inspiration from no matter what medium you work with. Insert “photography” for story […]
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Friday, May 23rd, 2008
While photographing this particular piece of pietersite, I couldn’t help notice a section of it that resembled a waterfall. It seems to happen that way when we view abstracts. Our minds try to make sense of it by trying to associate what we are seeing with something familiar. Normally just some interesting patterns are enough […]
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