If you’re curious about the reasoning behind the costs and behind-the-scenes of photography pricing, this is a great article:
http://loriosterberg.hubpages.com/hub/10-Reasons-Professional-Photographers-Charge-What-They-Do
In honor of Gordon Ramsay’s epic return to TV this month (3 shows?!?), I made risotto.
He probably would have yelled about how it was bleeping bleep bleep bleep, but I liked it.
Recipe: http://www.food.com/recipe/kittencals-creamy-parmesan-risotto-142232
(I used green onions instead of onions and veg broth instead of chicken)
I must say, it’s fairly difficult to take a photo in the rain using a manual focus tilt-shift lens while holding an umbrella!
But anything in the name of art…
Enjoy this drenched leaf with a drop of water about to plummet to the forest floor.
I’m just learning how to drive a manual transmission car, and driving in the rain today will be a big test of my new ability (or lack thereof). This is only my second week not driving an automatic, so wish me luck!
Those tiny features… those barely open eyes… Who can resist an adorable newborn baby?
Welcome to the World, Ainsley!
Photos from a live music event at Jams Music in Eldersburg, MD on 4/22/2012
Featuring Duffy Kane, Devolver, and Strum The Fox
Photos after the jump…
We’re offering Operation Smile charity fundraiser mini sessions on 4/21 from 9am to 3pm. Appointments are preferred to walk-ins.
visit www.mdsmile.com to find out more about this event.
I’ve very competitive. Blair is very competitive. I’m way more competitive than Blair so I win! (Ok, that’s a joke!).
Blair and I have to be the best at everything we do. Not good, not better – the BEST. It’s who we are. We can’t help it.
But healthy competition is good.
Competition sparks creativity. Competition makes us better ourselves.
Competition forces us to be the best we can be (if you want to succeed). I LOVE competition! I couldn’t imagine being married to anyone else and one of the reasons is our (healthy) competition.
There is a reason that monopolies are bad. They prevent competition and everyone knows competition fuels innovation and improvement.
Competition pushes you. It fuels your passion. How good would the Olympics be if everyone was at the same level of ability?
When Blair and I shoot somewhere, when we photograph, when we are at an event, when we are sharing photos with each other – We are in constant competition with each other. And it doesn’t just happen with photography, but for all intents and purposes of this article, this applies to photography.
We *almost* forget about the other photographers out there. About the millions of photos we’ve already seen. We try to escape the doldrums, we try to innovate.
We try to be the one we both agree “got the best shot of the day”.
We constantly want to grow, to be better, to improve. Competition fuels that. Competition promises growth. Competition provides learning opportunities. It forces us to be more creative, to take chances, to try new things. Together, we have a shared goal, even if it’s to beat each other at being good at something.
On this planet, competition is natural. Everything vies to win. When someone reaches the top of their game (Lance Armstrong, Apolo Ohno, Tiger Woods…ok ok in sports only), there will always be competition waiting, struggling, reaching to try to take them out. I use sports because it’s the most primal competition we have today. Our sports stars MUST keep improving or else they will plateau and eventually stagnate and someone else will take their place at the top.
Why? Because it’s how we evolve, how we move on to bigger and better things. How the fittest survive.
And it’s perfectly OK!
Competition makes us the best we can be. It keeps us fresh. We will never stop getting better, never stop competing with each other. With ourselves.
…And that’s a good thing.
(FYI Blair thinks he can write better blog posts than I can – Bring it!!!)
the finish line - Baltimore's St Patrick's Day race 2012
