Random photo-related musings along with my joys and woes as a photographer trying to manage teaching, making photos, family, and life.
Tuesday, April 29, 2014
Monday, April 21, 2014
Easter Tree
I was driving through southern Minnesota yesterday on my way back home from Easter Dinner with my family. I had to take a gravel road for about a mile because I saw a photo that seemed appropriate on Easter Sunday. So I made a quick photo with my iPhone:
Thursday, April 10, 2014
Should You Go To Grad School?
Bullett posted a helpful flowchart for those interested in going to graduate school:
I went to grad school to get my MFA (paid for it myself) and I'm glad I did. But I DO agree with some of that article:
That's not why you should go to graduate school. They put it nice and bluntly.
As a study they cite from the New America Foundation points out, loans for graduate school debt now amounts to about 40% of federal loan disbursements. That’s a lot of money flushed down the shitter by people who wanted to put off real life for a little while longer while they figured things out.
That's not why you should go to graduate school. They put it nice and bluntly.
Friday, April 04, 2014
Tutorial for Photoshop 1.0
For April Fools Day, Lynda.com put out another "helpful" tutorial video... for Photoshop 1.0. Oh how much has changed. The fun starts at 43 seconds.
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"And you only have to do that every single time you want to see a preview..."
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"And you only have to do that every single time you want to see a preview..."