Featured Ohio Photographer: Project 365 – The Encore with Brian Palmer

Featured Ohio Photographer: Project 365 – The Encore with Brian Palmer

From ice fishermen in his backyard to power outages at midnight… fellow tasra365 photographer Brian Palmer is our first featured photographer of 2012. He made it through the first challenge, so you’ll want to read on to find out his secret to success. It’s never too late to join the challenge with over 500 photographers. It’ll change your [...]

A Much-Needed Dose of Reality About Making Ideas Happen

A Much-Needed Dose of Reality About Making Ideas Happen

Trust only movement.  Life happens at the level of events, not of words.  Trust movement.  ~Alfred Adler Are you getting things done today… this week… this month? Are you a few steps closer to your goals? If so, I’ll bet you are starting to notice some obstacles. Obstacles that may be external or internal. The [...]

Project 365 Photographers: Create and Share on Twitter Tuesday

Project 365 Photographers: Create and Share on Twitter Tuesday

It’s already Day 3 of the 365 (or 366) photo challenge. If you’ve made it this far, surely you can make it the rest of the way. If you need help staying the course, make sure to read Ten Tips for Completing Your 365 Photo Project. Always remember this is a project to challenge you, [...]

Feature Friday: Craptastic Polaroids and Instamatic Images (Repost)

Feature Friday: Craptastic Polaroids and Instamatic Images (Repost)

Featuring photographers and the art they are creating and sharing is one of the most rewarding outcomes of my tasra365 photography project. Not only does it give a voice to other artists on their journey, but it provides invaluable inspiration and information to fellow artists along the way. I hope you are as inspired by [...]

Photography Challenge Images: Sparkle & Shine (Flashback 01.01.10)

Photography Challenge Images: Sparkle & Shine (Flashback 01.01.10)

Updated: With so many new photogs starting their own 365 photo challenge, I thought it’d be fun to regularly post some flashbacks to 2010 from my tasra365 challenge, starting with 01.01.10. Fun to look back and see the lessons learned and image progression! What’s more fun to shoot than sparkly and shiny jewelry? And even [...]

Meta Photography: Thinking About the Process

Meta Photography: Thinking About the Process

Surely you’ve heard the psychological buzzword, “metacognition.” It’s loosely defined as “thinking about thinking.” I first heard it a few years ago when I took a few classes on stress and anxiety. The lesson I learned was that one way to deal with stress and anxiety is to think about what you’re thinking about that [...]

A Guaranteed Method for Improving Your Photography – Part 3

A Guaranteed Method for Improving Your Photography – Part 3

We’ve got Part 1 and Part 2 under our belts, now it’s time to tackle the third step in guaranteed improvement in your photography. According to my inspiration for this entire challenge, that improvement could be as much as 300% in one year. As your kids or grandkids head off for back to school, why [...]

A Guaranteed Method for Improving Your Photography – Part 2

A Guaranteed Method for Improving Your Photography – Part 2

It’s been a couple months since I shared Part 1 of my method for improving your photography. After a busy summer full of taking thousands of images, I thought it was about time to share the next strategy with you! (Of course I did give you a link to all three steps in my first [...]

Feature Friday: Photography Without Direction

Feature Friday: Photography Without Direction

Featuring photographers and their images is one of the most rewarding outcomes of my tasra365 photography project. It provides a voice to other artists on their journey, and offers invaluable inspiration to fellow artists. I hope you are as inspired by these stories as I am. This week, Sandra Marek shares about her photographic learning [...]

Permission Granted

Permission Granted

Why is it that I can be so encouraging and easy on colleagues and friends, but intensely hard on myself. I give others permission to rest, make mistakes, and fail, but struggle with my own feelings of needing to work all the time. Last week I decided that needed to change. I decided to stop [...]