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Originally uploaded by sheiladeeisme

How is success determined? How do I know if I am successful? How do I know when I have made it (and what is “it”)? Is there one person who can tell me I am successful?

I have been a photographer for many years (somewhere between 20 and 30 years) and many people have commented on my images throughout the years. But how do I know I am successful in my endeavor to be a photographer. I do not do photography on a full time basis and I have not had a gallery opening.

I would assume that I would need to set goals prior to being able to determine if I am successful or not. I gotta run so I can start determining what I want from my own photography because I think I need to be the one to determine if I am successful or not.

Ciao….

Sheila

Into the Blue

Originally uploaded by Judy Knesel

I have been thinking a lot lately about what I want to try to do next with my photography. I know I want to keep working on cleaner and crisper photos but what else can I do.

And then I saw it. Victor Cajiao posted a post-processing technique called out of bounds (OOB) and I was blown away by the image. (An example of OOB is shown with this post). I am finishing up a freelance writing project which should complete in the next week or so and that will give me time to learn this technique.

I will show you the progress as I learn. Let me know your thoughts and if you have any tips also please pass them along.

Ciao…

Sheila

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Originally uploaded by mrsonion42

Tee Morris is there for his friends when they need it! He is known around the podcasting community for being one of the founders of Podiobooks.com. He has several books on the site that he gives away. He jumped in and pulled his sleeves up to help with Joe Murphy and his family to fight leiomyosarcoma.

Now it is our turn! Tee is facing raising his daughter, Sonic Boom (not her real name), alone since the passing of his wife this week. The raising of a child is expensive and especially when you are doing it alone. I know money will not bring back or replace Sonic Boom’s mother but it can make life a bit easier for the day-to-day journey that both Tee and Sonic Boom are about to endure.

If you could please contribute to help The Boom Effect.

And to quote my good friend, Debbie: “We can help take some of the financial pressure off Tee in raising Sonic Boom. Believe it or not, authors aren’t rolling in it. Hopefully we can be as generous to Tee as he is to us.”

My heart goes out to Tee and Sonic Boom! I wish we weren’t so far away so that I could help more with Sonic Boom and life in general!

Ciao…

She

Skiing and Snowboarding the Days Away

Originally uploaded by sheiladeeisme

Last week we went to Snowbowl in Flagstaff to ski and snowboard. I have skied for years until I damaged my ACL in a hockey game about eight years ago. Now I find that skiing is too hard on my knee and have moved on to snowboarding. This was (I think) my 4th time to go. I have taken one lesson and the rest has all been on my own learning.

I am a bit suborn and like to do things on my own. I hate feeling like I am keeping others from doing something they want to do. So I as I am learning to snowboard I end up spending the day by myself (except for lunch). This gives me time to sit on my arse and watch others who are snowboarding (better than I) and learn from them. Once I watch then I try it for myself! I am getting much better each time. I can honestly say that I really enjoyed myself and felt like I made progress!

How do you learn better? Watching others, reading, listening, or just flat out doing? Or is it a combination?

Ciao…