Photos from Sanibel, FL
I'm back from a much needed break. In case you don't follow me on Twitter [https://twitter.com/cjchilvers] or Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/cjchilvers/], here's some of the photos I shared. 4-year old vs. ocean Nice catch. OK, I got caught up
Photo Xperiment Podcast: You Are Not Just a Photographer
Andrew Hellmich was kind enough to invite me on another of his podcasts, Photo Xperiment (Episode 12: You Are Not Just a Photographer, You Need to Be a Publisher [http://photobizx.com/tpx12]). We went beyond photography in this one, covering publishing and creativity. This is a good one. I
Sabbaticals
It's that time of year again...my government "suggested" sabbatical [https://www.fdic.gov/news/news/financial/1995/fil9552.html]. I may be just a writer, but 8-10 hours of my day is writing for a bank. The question arrises every year in my head: what
"Quit Social Media"
Excellent advice, backed up by science.
You'll Go Blind
> “Journalists' favorite topic is journalism. Bloggers' favorite topic is blogging. Readers' favorite topic is anything but those.” – Dave Pell I've been guilty of this too much lately. I don't want to put limits on what is post-able, but this is a trap
Give It Away
Tim O'Reilly explains on when it makes sense to give your product away [https://signalvnoise.com/posts/306-sunspots-the-upstream-edition]. This is another reason to blog/tweet/instagram/share anywhere with regularity: > "The less people are aware of you, the better idea it is to give your product
A Pessimistic View of Optimism
Yesterday's post Things are Getting Better All the Time [https://www.cjchilvers.com/things-are-getter-better-all-the-time/] received more pushback than anything I've written in a while. It's not surprising. Consider the amount of media coming at us daily with sky-is-falling headlines. It's a shock
Things are Getter Better All the Time
Outrage needs to be manufactured. Life is good and getter better all the time. 1. Why can’t we see that we’re living in a golden age? [http://www.spectator.co.uk/2016/08/why-cant-we-see-that-were-living-in-a-golden-age/] by Johan Norbert for The Spectator 2. The world is getting better all the
The Future for Photographers
Ben Brooks argues the iPhone will continue to displace activities normally performed by photographers [https://brooksreview.net/2016/09/apple-of-the-future/]: > "More and more, and with every new iteration of iPhone, many of the most basic photography tips are becoming built in to the single most popular camera in
Think Before You Share
Leo Babauta writes about being mindful when sharing photos [http://zenhabits.net/instashare/]: > "Why is this moment not enough, without the need to share? Do I just want to brag, or is there a good-hearted motivation there too? What am I so afraid of, that I can’t