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Risk 101

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There were a good number of days this past year where I didn’t like or wasn’t satisfied with what I had shot that day. So, I would use a picture from a past post that I did like or fish through some old shoots for something. I said one of the things I wanted to do this year was take risks and that means showing my work.

Sometimes being very critical hurts me. I keep forgetting the phrase – beauty is in the eye of the beholder – and I go making that judgement myself without sharing it.

This year there will be a shot from that day. Yes, I still may reach back for some old ones on one or two posts, like this one, but in at least one of the 4 posts I hope to kick out each day, will have fresh images from that day. And if possible, everything will be new.

And once I download todays few shots they will be on the last post of the day.

I was missing the color of the holiday season after the decorations came down today. So I found some that spring will provide me in a few months. Photo by Mike Hartley

I find it amazing what I can do when I put my mind to it. I also find it amazing how little I can accomplish on my own even with working hard.

Random Thoughts of the Day

  • Come Together is a great song by the Beatles. There are few groups you can listen to different songs for hours and still not tire of.
  • I’m like my car, I can turn on a dime.
  • Found the perfect shoe/sock combo for feet recently. Finally happy feet.
  • I think a new office chair will be in the cards sometime this year. You can probably guess which part of my body inspired that thought. That part also has a number of other ideas but this one sounds legit as opposed to most others.

Author: Mike Hartley

With a lifetime and a half in the Newspaper industry I'm preparing for my retirement career as an Artist, Writer, Photographer and Video content provider. I'm a proud father of two wonderful children and I'm still married to the first girl I fell in love with and probably only one that would have me.

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