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Back to Paper Follow-Up
A few great posts have been written in response to my Back to Paper, Back to Work [http://thislifeofleisure.com/post/2975016020/back-to-paper-back-to-work] post. I admire both the writers, so it was treat to see them hack apart my thinking. Aaron Mahnke wrote [http://www.aaronmahnke.com/post/3089576497]: >
Skill In Photography Is Acquired By Practice And
> “Skill in photography is acquired by practice and not by purchase.” — Percy W. Harris
Fact Youre Willing To Walk More When You Have A
> “Fact: You’re willing to walk more when you have a camera with you.” — Jorge Quinteros [http://folio.jorgeq.com/] (I would add that you’re more willing to take photos AND walk with a lesser camera.)
The Best Songs of 2010 You May Not Have Heard
“LA Water” - Helmet Helmet was the East Coast reply to grunge in the 90s. They were grittier, harder, lacked even the slightest bit of hippyness, and they had short hair (a revolutionary thing for a metal band at the time). Their latest album features this gem of a song
Back to Paper, Back to Work
I recently deleted Things for Mac and Things for iPhone. It wasn’t because of the recent squabbles among productivity nerds about Things vs. Omnifocus. It was because of a book called The Shallows [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0393072223?ie=UTF8&tag=musicjournalist&linkCode=as2&
Lesser Photography Contest
Lesser photography proponent Chase Jarvis and PDN magazine have put together a new contest [http://blog.chasejarvis.com/blog/2011/01/the-best-camera-challenge/]: > But here’s a question: have YOU actually made any cool pictures with your mobile phone? If so, I want to see them. In fact, so does
The Ultimate Test
A year ago, I started this site as an experiment to see if it was possible to sell off my pro camera equipment, buy a compact camera and try my luck as a minimalist photographer. That experiment was just put to the ultimate test. I got married and went on
Why you should always run out into a blizzard
A blizzard blew into town earlier this week and I figured it would be a great test of my compact camera experiment (almost at the 1-year mark now [http://www.alesserphotographer.com/post/311741513/what-is-a-lesser-photographer] ) in the most extreme of conditions. Bad weather always means great photography: dramatic scenes, few
Writing Is An Endless Lonely Journey Into The
> “Writing is an endless lonely journey into the darkness of your own ego. Photography is an endless lonely journey into the darkness of your own ego with air miles.” — Richard Mosse via A Photo Editor [http://www.aphotoeditor.com/2010/09/10/what-drew-you-to-the-photographic-process-rather-than-following-your-initial-interests-as-a-writer/]
Are You Trying To Tell Me That At Some Certain
> “Are you trying to tell me that at some certain age, you stop making good music? That’s absurd. I can only do this until I’m 20 years old? When I was 20, I was a fuckin’ idiot! I don’t check the IDs of people before I