“Painting is a blind man’s profession. He paints not what he sees, but what he feels, what he tells himself about what he has seen.” Pablo Picasso. Many times I get comments like “you did something to that photo, didn’t you?” and I just look at them wondering why they can’t see what I saw [...]
Find Your Vision
What Sam Walton can teach us about vertical marketing in today’s economy. These ideas apply to the small business owner, the middle manager and those who are looking to upgrade their employment situation. Sam Walton, the founder of WalMart and Sam’s Club, looked at his business in a very unique manner. His driving mantra was [...]
Government Confusion
Several days ago I had the opportunity to visit our capitol city, Salem Oregon. I arrived there very early in the morning on a Saturday and decided to drive out to the capitol grounds and shoot the buildings there. This image is what I came away with after being on the grounds for several hours. [...]
Winter Formal Fun!
Last weekend I had the pleasure of covering the Winter Formal at Portland Lutheran School. PLS is an independent prep school with students who are highly motivated to learn. This is the second time they asked me to cover an event for them and some of the students remembered me from my first visit. This [...]
Climb My Mountain – Mount Hood
Mountains have always intrigued me. They are so metaphorical in their stateliness. The men and women who climb them stand as symbols to all who must overcome the challenges that life throws at us all. Asthma has prevented me from ever taking on the challenge of a mountain climb so I have chosen to master [...]
See Like a Painter – Ansel did . . .
When I see the world around me I always imagine a camera at my eye. Most of what I see in the photographic progression is compartmentalized and colored in a way I am not able to accurately describe in words. What I end up seeing changes in my mind in some painterly sort of way. [...]
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