I often think about how to increase my income. Always whittling my ideas down to a nut, attempting to find fault, attempting to prove its worth. Sometimes, I’ll read a book on business ideas, or marketing, or the infamous practice of “niching down” till your product is skin and bones, till it’s as honest as […]
The Process of Self-Coaching Yourself to Creatively Successful Outcomes
“You use a glass mirror to see your face. You use works of art to see your soul.” — George Bernard Shaw Creative flow often feels as if we have been living inside ourselves for a while. When it’s over, it’s a feeling of awaking from a dream state. Creative thinking is a pathway of thought that leads […]
Street Photography — The Long Sharp Shadows of Autumn
Green and yellow leaves are turning red, brown, then to golden hues that flash and sparkle in the sunlight. The mysteries of autumn’s magic-show reveals itself Last night there was full moon. And as the season changes, the moon’s phases signal new weather to come. Nature prepares itself for cold snaps, and frosty grounds. In […]
Landscape Photography – Shooting Horses and Walking Flatlands
A horse doesn’t care how much you know until he knows how much you care. Put your hand on your horse, and your heart in your hand. — Pat Parelli As much as I love urban photography, I also feel the pull of nature that drives me into the meadows and woodlands that surround Berlin. A city is […]
Cats Sit Zen & Photographers Chase the Light
I’d never thought of cats as a domestic friend to have in my home. Until one day a cat came into my home and decided to stay. Creativity is as mysterious as the cat slipping in and out of the shadows. One moment it’s with you, the next it’s gone, then it’ll loom up out of […]
Street Photography while Delivering an Important Letter
Sometimes, I feel enormous pressure to create. Street photography allows me to grab my camera, walk out the door, and within minutes I’m in a different world. Late afternoon, writing, occasionally stopping to look out the window at the evening light drawing in; I had a letter to deliver, which meant I’d take the underground […]