Category Archives: Personal

The Times They Are A Changin’

After more than two weeks away from the blog, I feel like a caged animal. While the break has done me good, I’ve also built up a huge reservoir of blogging energy that is barely containable. There’s so much I … Continue reading

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Happy Holidays And Best Wishes For 2012

That’s it for this year on the blog. I’m taking an extended leave from it, so there won’t be any new content here until Monday, 9th January. Thank you so much for taking time out of your life to read, … Continue reading

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Who Is Your Silent Support?

Editing a video is a very time-consuming process. That much I’ve learned over the past two weeks. It wasn’t a surprise. I knew from the short films I’ve produced on my own that the editing process is very involved. On … Continue reading

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The Value Of Documentary Photography

Time’s passage is relentless. While nothing can stop it, documentary photography does at least have the power to preserve individual moments. These single moments are compelling and important in their own right. Often, they become more so as the years … Continue reading

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Appreciate Now

One of the characters in the animated film Kung Fu Panda is a wise and learned creature. He teaches that yesterday is history, tomorrow is the future, and today is a gift. That is why it is called the present. … Continue reading

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Life Is What You Make It

Life is funny at times. Not funny ha-ha, but funny odd – though of course it is at times funny ha-ha as well. Two weeks ago, my family and I were involved in a car collision. Nobody was hurt. Our … Continue reading

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Six-Year-Old Photographer

A couple of months ago, I watched a documentary about a young teenage boy who was shooting paparazzi photographs in LA. I think he was 14 or so. He was holding his own in that business as well, making regular … Continue reading

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Three Words On Day One

Chris Brogan has a great exercise that helps you achieve your ambitions in the year ahead. Choose three words to live by. For 2011, my first word is “Plan”. It might have been “Discipline”, but I think that is covered … Continue reading

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Best Wishes To You All For 2011

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Best Wishes To Everyone

Time to shut up shop for a short Christmas break. I shall eat and drink and watch movies. Most of all, I will spend time with two people who suffer most at the hands of my business. While it’s possibly … Continue reading

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