Balance in Photography
My uncle and grandfather have been into photography for as long as I’ve know them. In fact, my grandfather was friends with famous photographer Robert Capa and others. So I guess it was inevitable that I also gain interest into photography, although it later in life than when they did. So I’ve been studying and reading about the art of photography and all the lingo associated with it. What I discovered was fascinating. The art of photography in not learning how to take good pictures, the art is in noticing what is around you and balancing the light it reflects. Read more »
Posted: June 6th, 2008 under Balance, Improvement.
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The whole concept of balance is the thought that there are two forces pulling at you to both go their way. If you follow one, the other gets out of sync causing you to tumble away from it and vice versa. So you do your best to stay in the middle enjoying the best of both worlds. One place where this analogy falls a little flat is when bad things happen. After all, who would normally choose to experience bad things? Still we know that it will happen and hopefully, we are balanced enough to keep it from completely dominating our lives. 
One of my favorite TV shows when I was little was Buck Rogers in the 25th Century. Part of the reason was Erin Gray but a lot of the reason was Star Wars made me love sci-fi and this show (and Battlestar Galactica) was as close to Star Wars on the TV as anything the 70s had to offer. I recently picked of the DVDs and have been watching them with my three-year-old son. He likes Twiki but thinks everything else is Star Wars. Oh well. 
I love watching Jackie Chan movies. Obviously the plot and acting are not the main draws of the movie for me. No, it is the way he moves and the things he does. Often the stunts that amaze me the most are the throw away ones he does rather the big, seen from multiple angles, stunt he finishes his movies with. For example, in one movie he is walking towards a gate and rather than open it, he leaps to one side then the other and then over it. A quick little stunt that shows how in control of his body he is.
I had a test on my “People of Action” concept this weekend and it wasn’t until I was halfway through the solution that I realized what a test it was. It was Saturday morning and I was getting ready to do some wood work in the garage. The previously sunny morning had started to cloud over and there was an ominous looking bank of clouds heading my way. My biggest concern, however, was right outside my garage door. My front lawn.