The following film by Jason van Genderen is awe inspiring. Especially when one realizes it was all shot on a cell phone. Amazing! Thanks to Garr Reynolds for the heads up.
Charles
The following film by Jason van Genderen is awe inspiring. Especially when one realizes it was all shot on a cell phone. Amazing! Thanks to Garr Reynolds for the heads up.
Charles
I am a foodie. So much so that Linda and I bought a farm property several years ago so that we could grow the quality of food we wanted. Every year it’s been my goal to keep some tomatoes going through the occasional freezing nights so that I could have a fresh grown tomato sandwich on Christmas Day. Well this year we did it!
I am a major proponent of eating ‘in season,’ the principal of eating produce that is raised in one’s area in that season. A strawberry eaten in the northeast in December had to have been shipped in from far away. It won’t have the taste of a berry enjoyed in it’s season, in it’s prime. Even more so with a tomato.
Keeping our ‘maters going has taken a lot of care to cover them from the cold most nights since October. But the payoff has been great! We’ve been giving away vine-ripened tomatoes to a number of friends over the past couple of months. Many of them have been suspect about whether they would have the flavor of a summer grown fruit. So our delightful response when they’ve called back to ask for more has been to give them more! I can’t think of anything that gives more satisfaction than to give away something that brings priceless pleasure to another person’s life.
But as I’ve thought about it, another component of the satisfaction we derive from the process is the process itself. The investment of care we put into anything worth doing is compounded by the joy of sharing and the work itself. The more challenging the work, the more rewarding the outcome when it succeeds.
Whatever the reason, my Christmas Day tomato sandwich was a delicious, juicy, wonderful delight. Can I lightly toast some bread for you?
Charles
If you’ve had a blue Christmas, maybe this will make you smile….
Porky Pig sings ‘Blue Christmas’
Merry! Happy! Joy-filled Season!
Charles
Every day we encounter people who are overwhelmed with the number of things in their lives. Whether it’s stuff (dust it, repair it, store it, move it, hoard it, discard it, replace it) or stuff to do (when does it start?, what am I missing?, you want it when? I’m so tired!), we’re all struggling with too many options on too many unsatisfying choices. And often we can’t enjoy the choice we do make for wondering if the one we didn’t might have been better.
This video presentation by Barry Schwartz is an intriguing challenge to the cultural dogma that having more will make us happier.
Breathe deep. Enjoy.
Charles
One of the blogs I read on a regular basis is ‘A Photo Editor‘ by Rob Haggart. He consistently offers sage observations on our industry.
This post from a few weeks ago on why photo shoots sometimes fail is worth a read regardless of where you may be in the production process.
Charles