A week-and-a-half ago, I was cruising through another day of riveting ed tech work at the office, when I happened to glance over at my Tweetdeck window and saw this tweet by 500px. "WHAAAaaat?!" I said out loud. Eric Paré was, and is, one of my favorite photographers.

[18] I used to play chess online a lot. Like, a lot a lot. So much so, that I labeled myself as "having a problem" with it, intervened with myself, and quit cold turkey. I was pretty good at the opening and end games, but I always struggled with the middle game. And this is where I find myself with my photography, drifting through the elusive yet all-important middle game.

[17]  First of all, thank you to everyone who came out to the show! I had a great time, made new friends, found some new resources, and received valuable and encouraging input from everyone that I talked to. And a special thank you and congratulations to Stephen and Kirk, the winners of my raffle! They each won a 16x20" aluminum print from my collection. I was humbled by their enthusiasm and appreciate after winning. I heard a rumor that Stephen is hanging his copy of Drones in an all-yellow-painted hallway… which, sounds awesome.

[16]  Why do I do it? I've already admitted that the creation process is difficult for me, stressful, and even painful, so there must be a good reason, right? I get asked this question loosely, from time to time, but I don't know that I've been asked this question directly.

[15]  We've all been there. It's summer time, hotter that you-know-what outside, a week into your summer break, and dad "asks" you to help with a small project around the house. The next thing you know, you're hammering nails into 2x4's and fetching tools for hours on end, instead of riding your bike off sweet jumps with your friends.

[14]  It took me a while to find photography. I've always been interested in the arts, though (when I was little, I drew robots, lots of robots). I didn't go to art school, and up until 6 years ago never owned anything more than a point-and-shoot camera. For my first 3 semesters in college, I actually thought I wanted to be a computer scientist (wow, was that a F-A-I-L). There are moments, especially when I see some younger, hot-shot photographer tearing it up...