Month: May 2022
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How badly do you care?
Only pursue things would you care about insanely.
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Do you love the way you look?
Yes or no?
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VEINS // BLOOD FLOW.
Promote blood flow.
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The 3% Rule in Photography
Dear friends, Finding inspiration and creativity is always difficult in photography. But a good idea I have: Riffing off Virgil Abloh’s ‘3% rule’ — you only gotta change something 3% to make it new and meaningful. A simple thought in photography: Assuming you’re shooting black and white … technically everything you photograph is changed more…
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OTTOWA THOUGHTS
Ottawa is very cool. The city is great. First of all, lots of very diverse neighborhoods. Second, really great art museums (I love the OAG-GAO). Huge– I’d imagine they would be good places to hang out during the winter. Third, the city is very diverse. I saw a good mix of African-Afro/Canadians, Caucasians-French, Asians, etc.…
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On Traveling and Doing Photography With Kids
Travel very good for photography and kids: Why? New environment very stimulating to kids (and adults) Kids generally prefer to be out and about, which means it is a good motivator to get out of the house, explore, travel, and shoot photos (street photography, travel photography, and other random photos you see along the way)
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FOOD IS YOUR STEROID.
Assuming you could never buy a car, or buy a home, perhaps the best strategy is to funnel all of your money into the most muscle-building, mood-boosting, testosterone-boosting food (beef ribs, beef/chicken liver, beef belly, steak, pastured eggs, etc) to augment yourself: Food from Whole Foods, Costco Business Center is great:
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The more volatile, the better
Why I like crypto speculation. More fun!
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JUST FINISH IT.
In praise of being a finisher.
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THE DESIRE TO BE THE BEST.
What drives the American ethos.
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Stateless Money
Bitcoin/crypto as money without borders. NB (Note Well//Nota Bene): money exchanges (in Canada) as even showing USD<->Bitcoin, or CANADIANDOLLARS<->BITCOIN.
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How to Shoot Photos on (Or Near) College Campuses
I remember when I was a student (undergrad) at UCLA — I always had a hard time finding things to photograph. But I did an experiment — Cindy and I (and Seneca) were at UCLA for 2-3 days for a conference of Cindy’s, and we stayed on campus, and I just had 2 full days…
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40mm is My New Favorite Focal Length
RICOH GR IIIX 40mm — insanely great.
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I SEE FACES.
I see faces (abstract) in textures, rust, and places. Perhaps this ‘schizophrenic’ way of seeing is the source of my visual/photographic/artistic genius?
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The 3% Rule in Photography
Riffing off Virgil Abloh’s ‘3% rule’ — you only gotta change something 3% to make it new and meaningful. A simple thought in photography: Assuming you’re shooting black and white … technically everything you photograph is changed more than 3%, which means — just shoot anything in black and white and it is new and…
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HOW TO EAT WHILE TRAVELING
Eating while traveling– a fun creative (constraint) challenge: 1. Whole Foods Hot Bar First thought: Shop at Whole Foods hot bar. It is seriously one of the best ‘bang for the buck’ options when traveling and on the road: Good options include the BBQ section at Whole Foods (often they have beef brisket, pork belly,…
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Voracious.
To be voraciously hungry is good.
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DELETE YOUR PAST
In order to create anew.
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What is an image?
And what is the “minimum viable” image we can make in photos, or in general?
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It’s ok to inconvenience or annoy people
Don’t be shy.
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Photo Dilemmas
Just hit the 2TB family limit on Apple Photos (Apple Cloud), and my dilemma: If I keep using Apple Photos, I will certainly (very quickly) hit the cap and limit — even though I’m shooting extra small JPEG on my RICOH GR IIIX. Tried using the new Adobe Lightroom (the new new one), and don’t…