July 2010

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tales from the cowboy trail: pat

tales from the cowboy trail: pat

We wandered down the road at the Bar U Ranch and came upon the cookhouse. It was there that we met Pat. He had the most charming smile

tales from the cowboy trail: louis

tales from the cowboy trail: louis

They say that to create unique images, you should photograph your secrets. That’s a tall order when you and 49 other people gather in one spot for two hours for Scott Kelby’s World Wide Photo Walk.

photo of the day

photo of the day

field of dreams #1 field of dreams #2 I’m back from my weekend in Alberta and working on processing some of the keepers to share with you. Today I’m posting two versions of the canola fields we saw for miles and miles

photo of the day

photo of the day

This image is from the archives. It was taken one year ago at the Worldwide Photo Walk in Vancouver. In a way this photograph is a testament

“stop daydreaming” and 10 other things that killed creativity

“stop daydreaming” and 10 other things that killed creativity

Friday’s blog post on mistakes generated more conversation than I expected. It made me think about the things we’ve been told that slowly killed the natural tendency we have to express ourselves creatively. 

big, fat, juicy mistakes

big, fat, juicy mistakes

Back at the end of May, I did a post on rethinking learning in which I talked about the need to slow down and reflect on the direction of my learning journey.

postcard from italy

postcard from italy

Early one morning in April I was settling into my routine of signing on to Twitter and reviewing my favourite blogs when I received an email

what is success: maureen murphy

what is success: maureen murphy

My definition of success is about family, friends, learning, contributing to the lives of others. Although this included expressing myself, it never included being an “artist”

point of view

point of view

First, a thank you to Stuart Sipahigil for his guest post as part of my series on celebrating success. What a great story to motivate us to push through our doubts on the way to living our dream.

doubt: stuart sipahigil

doubt: stuart sipahigil

Success is a funny thing. After having succeeded at something, you wonder why you ever doubted that it would work. It seems so obvious now that you chuckle at all the hesitation and the butterflies and the doubts.

in defence of steve mccurry

in defence of steve mccurry

Let me preface this by saying Steve McCurry doesn’t need me to defend to him; this is more a defence of the idea behind the work he is about to embark on

take a chance: beate dalbec

take a chance: beate dalbec

First of all I would like to thank Sabrina for inviting me to write a guest post on her blog. It is not easy for me to write about myself, but we thought sharing a few small success stories might encourage and motivate others.

photo of the day

photo of the day

I’d like to thank Mark Olwick for sharing the story of his recent success. If you follow Mark over on his own blog, you will know that he writes very thoughtful pieces from the heart.