This article discusses opportunity cost as a life skill, and how using this approach can help keep us centred on what is important to us. Assessing opportunity cost in our decisions can help unlock more of our personal potential. Our lives are the products of the decisions we’ve made in the past. Opportunity costs that are not well considered… or ignored… can result in regrets as we enter our later years.
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One Handed Macro Flash Test
This article shares some one handed macro flash test images of butterflies recently captured at the Niagara Butterfly Conservatory.
Goals Impact Gear Choice
This article discusses how our goals may impact gear choice, and why there isn’t a single camera format that is the ‘best’ for everyone. Heated internet ‘discussions’ about gear choices have been around for decades. The amount of time, energy and emotion that has been wasted in on this topic boggles the mind.
5 Why Analysis
The 5 Why Analysis has long been used as a technique to identify the root cause of a problem, most commonly when dealing with quality issues. Rather than making assumptions and jumping to conclusions, the 5 Why Analysis digs deeper into potential causes, often with facts, data and logic.
Swallows at Irving Eco-Centre
This short article features images of swallows at Irving Eco-Centre (La Dune de Bouctouche) located in Saint-Edouard-de-Kent, New Brunswick. These photographs were captured in early May during a trip my wife and I made out to the East Coast of Canada to visit family and friends.
Creative Precursors
Many of us have creative precursors that are early warning signs that something rattling around in our brains is getting close to emerging.
Creative Pathways
As photographers we have the freedom to pursue whatever creative pathways make sense for us given our personal philosophies and interests.
Combining Macro Technologies
Yesterday I spent some time combining two macro technologies to see if they could be successfully used handheld in the field. I didn’t pick a particularly good day for this macro photography test as it was quite breezy around my yard. On the positive side, the weather added some interesting complexity to the endeavor.
Seven Year Itch
The seven year itch is known in popular culture, and is defined as a decline in happiness and an increased divorce risk, after seven years of marriage. When it comes to our relationships with our camera equipment, seven years can seem like an eternity for many photographers.
Many of us don’t make it to seven years with a specific camera system. I know I’ve been guilty of not lasting that long with other digital camera gear I’ve owned in the past as the Siren’s Song lured me.
Spring Tune-Up
For many of us in northern latitudes, April is a great month for a spring tune-up so we can get ready for the bird migration season. Mid-May is usually when many migratory birds start passing through our area… so I try to get some in-field practice to give my skills a spring tune-up.