Caveman shake

by | Oct 1, 2008 | Personal

Ok, so people often ask me what I have for breakfast, because they think the caveman diet is too much work. Here’s something easy that I have almost every day, and I never get bored of it. In fact, I make this so much that I actually wore out my old Braun hand...

Vivitar bites the dust

by | Sep 29, 2008 | Photography

Well, I’m a little sad to see that Vivitar has gone the way of the dodo bird. I credit Vivitar with giving me the first tantalizing taste of studio lighting. I started out with one ancient Vivitar 280 flash that my uncle gave me. Using a weird little proprietary...

It’s like Chinese to me

by | Sep 23, 2008 | Personal

I’m not sure if I mentioned it before, but I’ve been taking Chinese lessons. So far, I’ve had five lessons. I’ve hired a tutor to teach me once per week for an hour. At first, I was wondering if an hour would be enough, but by the end of each...

Photography vs. Improv

by | Sep 19, 2008 | Philosophy

I’ve been thinking a lot about improv lately, and how it has changed my life since I started in November 2002. Improv made a lot of sense to me at the time, and continues to do so today. So many of the lessons I’ve learned in improv, I’ve been able...