A great bear of a man sidled up to me, introduced himself as Gar, and gently asked how my shooting was going. I allowed that my grand total of fifteen minutes' experience using a camera was perhaps not my best beginning ever, and handed him my camera to show him what I'd done so far. That Gar did not collapse into peals of laughter upon seeing my first attempts is a testament to how gracious and kind he was.
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Today, MINI sent me a request asking if I'd like to be part of 'The Final Test' test drive program for their new hardtop. I thought, 'Hmm… I can't imagine this is going over well with their design or engineering teams.'
While the video's satirical, trust me — the sentiment's very real. Any time you take a project from a group that's got a proven track record of success, it doesn't exactly go over particularly well.
new platform
As you might've noticed, I've updated the website, blog, and galleries. Expect some tinkering and excuse any oddities in the next few days, as things sort themselves out.
NOTE: Email's updating as the new DNS record propagate; if it's urgent, call me.
NOTE: 11/1- Email is back online.
sitzarbeit
… Since 2008, I have heard many designers bemoan limited budgets, clients who hire the owner’s cousin’s teenage daughter to build their website, clients who opt for a pre-designed logo purchased anonymously online, or timelines that are unrealistic (“I know it’s Thursday, but can you have a 16-page brochure released to print on Monday?”). ... Which is killing me, according to this infographic: <a href="http://www.medicalbillingandcoding.org/sitting-kills"><img src="http://images.medicalbillingandcoding.org.s3.amazonaws.com/sitting-is-killing-you.jpg" alt="Sitting is Killing You" width="500" border="0" /></a><br />Via: <a href="http://www.medicalbillingandcoding.org">Medical Billing And Coding</a> Perhaps a standing desk is in order.
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tortoise enclosure
My creative process: Get given a project Long stretch of apparently no work Snarl at people who interrupt my thinking Blindingly fast making-of-stuff Show finished project to client You see the problem, I'm sure. ... My process can make a methodical person's head explode from frustration that I am not doing things the way they would; which is to say, The One True Way to Do Things.
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