One must work and dare if one really wants to live.

- Vincent van Gogh -

I had the pleasure this past spring to spend a week studying with Jay Maisel at his mansion/studio in Manhattan. Jay is considered to be one of the top 20 most influential photographers by Photo District News. He’s in good company with people like Avedon, Cartier-Bresson, Albert Watson, and more.
Jay’s advice to come well rested was fitting. Spending 5 more than full days learning from him, experiencing his work, practicing, and receiving his critique was amazing. His mansion studio … [read more]

“Thinking is easy, acting is difficult, and to put one’s thoughts into action is the most difficult thing in the world.”
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Now the noise from the florescent lights is bugging me.

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In an earlier post, I expressed my frustration with my local municipal licensing watchdogs.
Having had some time to think, I’m less angry, but am still shocked by their approach. Particularly, the non-diplomatic nature of it.
Immediately after receiving the complaint, I communicated with my city councillor, added a note to my web-site clearly stating that I don’t do paid work in Edmonton out of respect for the local pros, and removed an angry post from my flickr page. They backed … [read more]

When I procrastinate, it’s because I need time to think. A project worth doing is worth doing well, and careful thought can help make the work efficient.
I seem to do my best thinking horizontally. Perhaps lying on the couch with my feet elevated gets more blood to my brain?

Some of us will turn the tide of history by our actions. Some of us will live in obscurity. But all of us can have great worth and value in our lives and can be comfortable with those less or more powerful than we.

So I will always lean my heart
As close to your soul
As I can.

Dear Planning and Development Department:
Thank you for the Notice.  I was worried that my photographic art work was going un-appreciated.
I’m just wondering if you’re also going to be sending a notice to my neighbor, who loves cooking soup.  She’s very good at it, and sometimes brings over some tupperware containers of soup for my wife and I to enjoy.  We have sometimes filled her tupperware with our own soup, or other treats before returning them.  Does that mean she’s operating … [read more]