#5 in the series 30 Ways of Wootness You know, I just can’t be at my peak, efficiency-wise, if my desk is a wreck. I need things nice and neat with everything in its place. I don’t have all matchy-matchy stuff and it doesn’t look like it came from the portfolio of an interior designer, …
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Have Toys and Candy in your Office
#4 in the series: The 30 Ways of Wootness Why? Why not? Just because we’re adults doesn’t mean that life should be boring and without toys and candy. Every once in awhile I need a sugar break. Having a dish of my favorite candy of the moment handy is a cheap, simple pleasure, especially if …
Get Gaught Up!
#3 in the series: The 30 Ways of Wow Well, did everyone learn a new skill? Did anyone try the glass? Much as I wanted to return to the glass project, I felt it wouldn’t be a prudent use of my time. Today, I decided to get caught up. I’ll probably never be caught …
Learn a New Skill
On to 30 Ways of Wootness, Day 2. One thing that always make me feel more Wootness-like is learning a new skill. Sometimes I find myself shooting the same thing over and over again. Today I challenge you to take a few minutes to learn a new skill. I decided that I was going to …
Haiku-tography
If you read my last article When your Passion for Photography is MIA, you understand why immediate Wootness rescue is in order. In order to re-instill the passion into my life and my work, I must reach deep into the Wootness bag of tricks and recycle things that have raised my Wootness quotient in the …
When your Passion for Photography is MIA
Yes, I’m purposely using the word “passion” in a serious manner. Because this is a serious issue. I look around me. My only non-related friends are other photographers. I stayed up late last night making plans for a Labor Day get together 10 hours away with… you guessed it, a bunch of photographers. Virtually every …
Stop Making Excuses!
I guess it’s time to take off the nicey-nicey apron and get down to business, again… If I am going to take the time to look at your images and provide thoughtful, tactful input that contains both comments on the good aspects of your images as well as some pointers for improvement, I don’t want …
A chick & bunny PSA announcement while I freak out about the Northeast District deadline…
Today is March 15th. By 5PM I should have all my print competition entries, finished, registered, entered and sent. Sure, I’ll pause while you wipe up the pop you just spat out. Since I don’t have time to write a lot, I’ll just leave you with a few thoughts… I see that some of …
Photography Critiques – part 1
It’s tough, that first time you put yourself out there and post an image and request a critique. Generally it seems that this event happens on a photography forum, where certain abbreviations may be used in regards to critiques. Usually “CC” is the term that’s used, which I interpret as “Constructive Criticism.” In some photography …
An Ode to Bill [and more print competition delirium…]
So, in the last article, I mentioned (!) that I was waiting on a comp print and was pretttttttty nervous about it. UPS arrived with the print, FINALLY, at 6:30 PM last night. What the heck is up with that? Those dudes work SO late sometimes! Anyway. The print arrived. Everything in my life stopped …
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