Last Sunday I spent the afternoon with Sylvia and Robert in downtown Austin. A huge part of photography is connecting with people so you do the best work possible. I had a blast connecting with them and learned a lot too. Robert is in the Army and will be headed back to Iraq about a [...]
When my hair grows (which it does quickly), it doesn’t grow long, it grows out. I haven’t had a hair cut since January 11th.
We’re in full ‘fro mode today.
Guess I need to take time to get it cut again.
This has consumed the last week of my life. I say “of my life” because it’s been pretty much 8 a.m. to midnight days for over a week. We did a design refresh on The Business Journal to make it more magazine like. Everyone was very happy with the final product but, as with anything, [...]
I keep hearing about this recession and yet most people I talk to are predicting the best year they’ve ever had.
I think all the talk may be having an effect on big-ticket items like cars (I’ve got a client that will atest to that) but the rest of us seem to be doing more than [...]
I have more than a few bad habits in my life.
One that tends to come and go is eating sunflower seeds. Man, they are good. You can buy them just about anywhere. A dump truck load of them is something like $2.00. I can just sit here and eat them all day. In fact I’m [...]
Can we just retire this phrase?
Most people see it as a polite way of getting you to do something.
What you’re really saying, though, is “I know you’re busy, but what I’m about to tell you is far more important.”
I’ve never been much of a haggler. Because of this I’ve never been a fan of pricing high so that you can show some kind of discount to the customer.
We went through all this when setting our photography packages. In the creative business there is usually room for negotiation. Most people consider art to be [...]
Something I’ve ignored for a very long time is observing a Sabbath day. It should be a day to reconnect with family and relax.
No work.
That’s really hard for me. I think God’s been pushing me to start doing a better job of it. I need one day a week when I don’t work. A day [...]
I’m a self-confessed World War II junky. I watch documentaries. I listen to audiobooks. I watch Band of Brothers every few months.
But for some reason I just cannot get through the PBS documentary The War by Ken Burns. I think it’s a six disc set and I’m stuck on disc two. For about a month-and-a-half [...]
I’m now saving up to have these guys make me one of these.
Probably the coolest desk ever conceived for the Star Wars fan.
Via Coudal.
It’s 11:30 on Thursday night. I’m sitting here staring at my to-do list for Friday. It contains 37 items that have to be done and about that many that are optional and could be shifted to next week. And that’s assuming A) I haven’t forgotten anything and B) nothing at all happens tomorrow (no e-mails, [...]
When I left Austin this morning it was a balmy 55 degrees. A quick two-hour drive north and I discovered Stephenville was a frigid 40 degrees.
Outside shoots all day.
Short sleeve shirt.
No coat.
I’m pretty sure my arms have frostbite.
This commercial featuring Michael Bay for Verizon FiOS is great for fans of his movies. The concept is so obvious, yet so creatively perfect. The idea that everything around Michael Bay’s house is rigged to blow at the press of switch is hilarious.
Via AICN.
The family seems to be well and I never got sick.
I stared down the stomach flu and he flinched first.
Prodigal Jon has the best definition of creativity I’ve ever seen.
Creativity is a wild mind and a disciplined eye.
That is, creativity is the ability to fill your mind with thousands of seemingly unrelated ideas and then with the discipline of your eye, see the relationships that exist between them in a way no one ever [...]
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