DAILY CREATIVE
August 31, 2020
A SET OF POSTCARDS
The templates are in Photoshop. All elements on layers. Recolor, change fonts, add your own info. You are free to use as-is or modify any way you wish. The cards are 6″x9″ with a full bleed of 6.25 x 9.25. Bleed lines in red, safe zone in green.
Enjoy.
THE “WORK HARDER” MYTH
YouTube is full of them. Facebook memes fill your inbox. Books, articles, and myriad Ted Talks discuss them. The ones who are now great but once were not. We all know the stories, almost legends. Einstein failing math class. Clint Eastwood being fired from...
IN ORDER TO WIN WE HAVE TO EMBRACE FAILING
One of the things about riding a big motorcycle is that is hard to go really slow. The motorcycle I ride weighs in at about 900 pounds with a full tank. Add my big ass to it and we are well over a thousand pounds. Physics, like inertia, balance, motion,...
FOCUS ON BEING DELIBERATE
I could barely make out the song playing in the little bar in Ouray. I knew the melody, but it was damned hard to hear it over the clanking of glasses, conversation, and the air conditioning. The chorus did it for me, and I smiled big enough...
“YOUR LIGHTING SUCKS”- MY GUT WAS CRUSHED!
OK, she didn't exactly say that, but it is what I heard. I was standing in her little office - 'her' being the art director of a major retailer in Los Angeles. The transparencies were scattered over her lightbox and she was looking at them very closely....
FINDING THE PERFECT PLACE IN A SEA OF CHOICE
We sat outside at a little cafe on Coronado Island. It was one of those simply awesome days with temps in the high 70’s, and a soft breeze off the ocean. To my left was the grand old Coronado Hotel. To the right a huge expanse of sand with surprisingly few...
MY RULES FOR SHOOTING FOR FREE
Do I want to do this photograph? This is very important to me. If it is something that I think could be a great piece in my portfolio, then it gets consideration. Have other photographers been paid for this same shot? If so, then why are they not wanting to pay me?...