It is a shot of the JFK Memorial. Imagine if you will a big square concrete box with two narrow entrances. How do you shoot that? This is what I did. I don't really like it. I now have a challenge. Get a creative, artistic shot of this concrete box!
From there I hit the farmers market, no photos, but plenty of veggies and fruit. Now anyone who knows me will attest to the fact that I like to eat. And often it is not the best of things...I'm a southern boy after all. Fry it, cover it with gravy, and add potatoes please. However, I have made a commitment to change some things about my life. It is my life and I need to do better, be healthier, be happier. So I'm trying to do better on the eating front and exercise daily. Lucky for me I have an entire city to explore on my bike. I really enjoy it too.
I also want to talk about emotional and spiritual happiness. I'm not going all preacher on you so calm down! I have realized over the last few months that we do in fact make our own happiness or our own unhappiness. How do you handle things? Do you pursue your dreams? Are you honest about what motivates you? What irritates you? Where do you derive satisfaction and self worth from? Those are lots of questions that only you can answer. I don't know all of the answers for me yet. So I really can't help you! But seriously I am devoted to really thinking, meditating if you will on these questions. Almost every night I listen to an audio book called The Four Agreements . Very simple concepts, but darn near impossible to implement 100%. But I try, when I fail I try again. Now if you're still with me then you know I previously talked about my depression. It is real, it is clinical; most likely a lack of serotonin or said receptors. I'm not under the illusion that a book and some meditation can cure that, but it can help. Being mentally healthy is as, if not more important, than our physical health. I've neglected this for so long, and I know better I was a Boy Scout. What does that have to do with the price of peas in China you ask? OK (The Boy Scouts have all the answers by the way) the Scout Oath clearly covers this:
"On my honor, I will do my best to do my duty to God and my country and to obey the scout law; to help other people at all times; to keep myself physically strong, mentally awake, and morally straight."
And before you ask, no I did not need to look it up. I was a Scout, still am at heart so :p
Seriously though mental health is right in there. i never understood it as a 10 year old, but boy do I now. So if you are going down this road of pursuing a dream my question is this: Are you mentally awake? You had better be because there will be trouble, doubts, hesitation, rejection, and worry. Can you tell the difference between the normal of those and when there is real trouble?
OK, onto more positives! I finally started my how-to videos today. Overall I am happy. Considering I am not a videographer, and I have a staff of one they are not bad. I made a big decision today though. I'm going to offer the content up for free. I'm just going to ask for donations, and if someone wants it on disk then I will sale them one. So what am I filming? My years of experience with the Nikon CLS system. I know there is a lot of off camera lighting videos, blogs, sites, etc. But this is a bit different. I'm talking to one system in pretty good detail. Taking the viewer from beginner on up through advanced uses of the system. I will obviously have to cover some lighting technique, but this whole thing centers on CLS.
So why give it away...................? Karma! I want to give back. I have learned so much from people who gave away content, and I mean content that I'm not qualified to write for another 20 years or so. Why not help out people with something I know pretty well. I'm hoping the pay it forward mindset will indeed have the universe pay it forward to me. It may take me a while to get these done. New town means I need new models, new assistants, etc. But that is OK because it forces me to get out there and meet people.
Until later.......later =)
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