Screw “Someday”
There’s something about cancer that makes you drop the word "someday" from your vocabulary. Cancer reminds you there’s no guarantee you’ll get "someday". So screw someday. Let’s make it today.
There’s something about cancer that makes you drop the word "someday" from your vocabulary. Cancer reminds you there’s no guarantee you’ll get "someday". So screw someday. Let’s make it today.
It takes an investment of time and effort to set up an organization system but once it's done, if you do the work to maintain it, it pays off in huge dividends by the time you save (and the frustration you avoid!) Here's how I find what I need and use what I have.
I'll go into step-by-step detail of how I take a ZIP file of new supplies and bring them into my Digital Element Library.
Within the past several months, I’ve hit a total state of Creative Nirvana where I can see what I have, find what I need, and use it all when and how I want.
I recognize there are many things I do with and for my dogs that are patently ridiculous. But some of what seems ridiculous at first glance is driven by necessity; if nothing else, a necessity for my own mental health.
I think this is pretty much every scrapbooker’s nightmare. And I did it to myself.
In late June, we traveled to the Big Island of Hawaii to celebrate the wedding of two of our dearest friends. As I worked my way through the photographs I shot of their wedding, an image of their flower girl jumped out at me. I thought, “You know, this looks like one of those vintage …
My gift to them was photographing their wedding, but I wanted to give them something tangible before the ceremony...
1/125 sec at f/11 and ISO 100 at 185mm. Shot with Nikon D810 and Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8, lit with two AlienBee 800's and softboxes. Processed in Lightroom and Photoshop.
Ever have a memory that’s fuzzy and splotched with time, but there’s one element of the memory – a person or a thing – that stands out clearly? This image represents the clarity of that pair of rocking chairs, just waiting at the lake for someone, or a pair of someones.
1/125s at f/3.5 and ISO 800 using a Nikon D810 with 24-70mm f/2.8 Nikkor lens. Natural light from the window behind subject, along with ambient room lighting.
Yesterday, I spent a fantastically fun morning with my best friend, Audrey, and her 4-year-old daughter, Tegan. We’ve been talking about doing this since Tegan was a baby, and we finally made it happen; we dressed her up in Mommy’s wedding gown and took pictures in my studio!