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Creativity – I Finally Learn It’s Not Just a Realm For Young Artists

Yeah, yeah, I know. Another long period between blog posts and another promise not to wait so long. I’ve been lacking any sense of creativity lately and today’s post is my epiphany about it.

Lacking creativity

If you don't take your camera with you, you're going to end up with a bunch of nothing. Not a good start for a budding photographer's portfolio!

But, sometimes, a topic will grab a hold of me and I can’t let it go until I write about it but sometimes I need to spend a lot of time thinking and meditating on that topic. And that’s okay. In fact, the last time this happened, it was something that Tony, one of my Polarizing Images co-hosts, said on another podcast, This Ain’t Iowa. I couldn’t get it out of my damn head and, after talking with Tony about it, our podcast was born. Continue reading »

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The Remarkable Importance of Having Ritual

A Remarkable Challenge for 2012

What does opening a bottle of wine, a photography vlog, my favorite food blog, and the word remarkable have in common?

Quite a bit, actually. Continue reading »

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Suffering from Stagnation as an Artist?

Just a quick note to let you know that Tony and I released episode 8 of Polarizing Images last week. I love the topic: stagnation. I’ve been shooting for quite a while and have thousands of slides and a magnitude more of digital files. After a while, every artist starts to have doubts about what they are doing. Am I shooting the same stuff time and time again? Have I stopped pushing myself to move into new and innovative areas? Am I stuck in a rut and am struggling to break out of it? Continue reading »

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New show coming!

Hey there friends,

Just a quick note to say that our third episode is available over at www.PolarizingImages.com. Drop on by and listen to us talk about the importance of the print and why most people don’t gt the full value of their work.

Also, we just finished taping our fourth episode where I go on a couple of rants about the poor use of post-production techniques. That episode will be available on the site on Wednesday, November 9th.

Show some love and subscribe via iTunes (link available on the Polarizing Images site)

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