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Advanced Techniques

Daisy Daisy

For this image, I wanted to experiment with the blur effect in Photoshop.  I wanted it to look like there were streaks of energy or…
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Composition

The Calatrava

The Milwaukee Art Museum was designed by Santiago Calatrava. It is a stunning white curvy and lacy building that offers a multitude of perspectives to…

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Red Leaf Splendor

Finding a Hero for Your Composition

My intuition and imagination led me around this lake, playing tag with the sun and clouds, looking for strong leading characters and supporting secondary staging…
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Inspiration

Water Color

Are You Being Exactly Who You Are?

History is the humbling story of our misbegotten inflations. Truth is the corrective story of how we return to exactly who we are. Compassion is…

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Lake Louise Sunrise

I Am Here!

Lake Louise, Banff National Park, Canadian Rockies Well, Hi there! It’s ME! I am HERE! Yes, it has been a while since my last post…

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Musings

Is What You Believe Really True?

“Blackmail is only possible if we believe we have something to hide. Worthless feelings arise when we believe, however briefly, that who we are is…

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elephant-empathy

Giving Empathy: A 4-Step Formula

Over my lifetime I’ve had a hard time giving empathy. I’d often excuse myself until one day my wife Marti gently said, “You are so…

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