SPECIALIZING
In his book, Great at Work, author Morten Hansen begins with the production concept of doing less and obsessing more about you are doing. Highly productive people prioritize what they …
Photography
SMALL TOWNS, BIG HEARTS
Small towns can be magical when the people like to get out. It’s good to have a camera and a second story studio across from about 100 townies out singing. …
SATISFACTION OF BEING SEEN
Cal Newport, associate professor at Georgetown University, author of Deep Work and many several other productivity writes a blog called Study Hacks where he explores our attention potential and how to …
ASSIGNMENTS
Sometime our photos are chance encounters, when we happen to have our camera or possibly “prepared” chance encounters, when we go out looking for photos and chance brings us all …
FIRST FOUNDING MEMBER
Growing a group starts with one. We are growing.
AWARDS
Receiving an award can be very satisfying, especially if it comes from a respected source and the other candidates were equally worthy. It’s not quite the same when everyone wins …
ONE SHOT
In the movie, the Deer Hunter, Robert DeNiro explains his philosophy of hunting. You take one shot, make it count. You could easily apply this to photography, taking fewer photos …
FLEMINGTON STREETVIEW SHOW
There is a never ending flow to the projects we can do, on our own or with others. For our recent group project, Flemington Streetview, we focused on photographing Main Street, …
GENERIC
What’s a generic photo? What’s “generic?” Generic means not specific, not one of a kind, not especially unique. Generally acceptable but not remarkable. When are our photos generic? Probably most …
SHOWING
What’s showing? Are you showing? In a show? Showing off? Showing your cards? Showing your true self? Lots of meanings in there. Showing our photos can have many meanings, too. …