Friday, January 31, 2014

Keep close...

Keep close to Nature's heart... and break clear away, once in awhile, and climb a mountain or spend a week in the woods. Wash your spirit clean. -John Muir

Thursday, January 30, 2014

If it's true...

Anything works if it's true. -Michael Keaton

Wednesday, January 29, 2014

The camera sees...

The camera sees more than the eye, so why not make use of it? - Edward Weston

Tuesday, January 28, 2014

We all want to be...

We all want to be extraordinary and we all just want to fit in. Unfortunately, extraordinary people rarely fit in. - Sebastyne Young

Monday, January 27, 2014

Take the first step...

Take the first step in faith. You don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step. - Martin Luther King Jr.

Friday, January 24, 2014

If you don't fit in...

Honestly, if you don't fit in then you're probably doing the right thing. - Lights Poxleitner

Thursday, January 23, 2014

Your e-mails...

Look at your e-mails in bursts, don’t constantly check them all day or you will never get anything done. - Richard Branson

Tuesday, January 21, 2014

Digital photography doesn't...

The magic of digital photography doesn't preclude the need to fully understand the basic photographic principles of shutter speeds, f-stops, depth of field and composition. - George D. Lepp

Monday, January 20, 2014

Unless...

A man can't ride your back unless it's bent. - Martin Luther King Jr.

Friday, January 17, 2014

Never...

Never, never, never give up. -Winston Churchill

Thursday, January 16, 2014

Top of the mountain...

The man on top of the mountain didn't fall there.

Wednesday, January 15, 2014

The sky...

The bluebird carries the sky on his back. - Henry David Thoreau

Tuesday, January 14, 2014

"my thoughts on color"... Ansel Adams...

Soon after Kodachrome was invented in the mid-1930s, Ansel Adams shot more than 3,000 color images during the course of his lifetime. Very few of these photographs, however, were published or exhibited. As Adams remarked late in his life after observing the advances in color printing techniques, "People are skeptical about my thoughts on color. I do not blame them, as I have protested it and have not shown my color pictures. I feel the urge now and I wish I were sixty years younger!"

Monday, January 13, 2014

Those who do not travel...

The World is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page. -Saint Augustine

Friday, January 10, 2014

You know when you're young and...

You know when you're young and you see a play in high school, and the guys all have gray in their hair and they're trying to be old men and they have no idea what that's like? It's just that stupid the other way around. -Clint Eastwood

Thursday, January 9, 2014

Soften some of the worst blows...

Through humor, you can soften some of the worst blows that life delivers. And once you find laughter, no matter how painful your situation might be, you can survive it. -Bill Cosby

Wednesday, January 8, 2014

When you're getting frustrated...

When you're getting frustrated and angry, use that as a signal that maybe you're trying to control what's not in your control.

Monday, January 6, 2014

If you don't get sick...

Get well cards have become so humorous that if you don't get sick you're missing half the fun. -Flip Wilson

Sunday, January 5, 2014

Built up from within...

When I'm ready to make a photograph... I quite obviously see in my mind's eye something that is not literally there... I'm interested in something which is built up from within, rather than just extracted from without. -Ansel Adams

Friday, January 3, 2014

Finding some humor...

I think the next best thing to solving a problem is finding some humor in it. -Frank A. Clark

Thursday, January 2, 2014

Results...

However beautiful the strategy, you should occasionally look at the results. -Winston Churchill

Wednesday, January 1, 2014

Capitalize..

Expect the best. Prepare for the worst. Capitalize on what comes. ~Zig Ziglar