I added a little fun for those who stayed with it for 8:35. Skip ahead and see what I mean. Congrats to Kelli Francis who wins the gift card and a copy of my daughter's...

This is year will begin my 6th year of taking a photo/video a day. Every year I've tried to find a theme that carries me through.  2008: No theme, just take a photo a day.  2009: One word titles 2010: The crazy attempt at attaching a song title to every photo and the ensuing video compilation. But go watch, even the first part to see what I...

It's not like I have nothing else to do but when people ask "Where do you find the time?" it's usually not because they think what I've done is so amazing but rather so dumb or insignificant.  Thanks for the compliment.  I take solace in Clay Shirky's statement that "even the stupidest creative act, is still a creative...

  I guess I can't.  One of my favourite quotes is from Thomas King who said,  "The truth about stories is, that's all we are"  I look for stories all the time. I try telling them with my photos, my videos, my writing and my voice. I also like telling them with other people. That's what I did last Tuesday when I sent out a...

Like most new, emerging social media tools, I'm willing to give it a shot. Instagram has been around for a bit and I downloaded the app soon after it was launched but as a pure photo app, didn't really interest me. I found Camera+ for example to offer better tools and effects that met my needs and workflow better. In fact I became annoyed with the...

Being regular is good. In many ways. But in this case being regular is about trying to be consistent and persistent in sharing ideas and content. I realize one of the beautiful things about a blog or any online space is the freedom to publish whenever. Even though most of us don't publish as our primary jobs, we all understand the power and value of sharing....