Photo Anthems

"A muscle is like a car. If you want it to run well early in the morning, you have to warm it up." -- Florence Griffith Joyner  -One element of my last End of Semester Project- Sound advice. I don't know how many of you have experienced...

"If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he had imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours."--- Henry David Thoreau 1817 The biggest news for me right now is that, as of...

"I paint self-portraits because I am so often alone, because I am the person I know best"- Frida Kahlo Damon Back-ups! Storage is definitely getting cheaper, which is a good thing, but the tech for my money needs to be more efficient. Okay, I'm a...

"A lot of people like snow. I find it to be an unnecessary freezing of water." - Carl Reiner Okay, so anything look a little different? Come on, guess! Yep, I've modernized my blog design a bit, but I'm not done yet. This is just one...

"Never again clutter your days or nights with so many menial and unimportant things that you have no time to accept a real challenge when it comes along." - Og Mandino Model, Joan Its been easy to lose track of time as of late. I didn't...

Chuck Norris once kicked a horse in the chin. Its descendants are known today as giraffes.  The square root of Chuck Norris is PAIN.  Godzilla is a Japanese rendition of Chuck Norris' first visit to Tokyo. When Bruce Banner gets mad, he...

It always rains on tents.  Rainstorms will travel thousands of miles, against prevailing winds for the opportunity to rain on a tent.  ~Dave Barry How is it that one careless match can start a forest fire, but it takes a whole box to...

(This has nothing to do with photos. I just thought it was funny!) "I believe in equality for everyone, except reporters and photographers." - Mahatma Ghandi I don't know what all this funky weather is about. My family in Texas and Tennessee...

"Security is mostly a superstition.  It does not exist in nature.  Life is either a grand adventure  or nothing ...." -Helen Keller Dilenia "First Capture" This past Saturday, I got to attend a photography workshop by Mark...

"I believe all artists, if they are not lying to themselves, must believe that the best part of their work, or even their life, is in front of them. To look only to the past and to say ‘those were the best years, when I was young’ is to say that in...

“I drifted into photography like one drifts into prostitution. First I did it to please myself, then I did it to please my friends, and eventually I did it for the money.” Philippe Halsman Model, Dana 2007 I love that above quote as much as I...

"Even in a time of elephantine vanity and greed, one never has to look far to see the campfires of gentle people."   ~Garrison Keillor I can't always spend Christmas with the family when I live so far away. Its the hardest time of the...