I am a participant in a lot of Facebook model/photographer groups. Those groups always attract mew talent – in front of and behind the camera. But there seems to be (as usual) a lot of inaccurate and naive information being shared. I will now impart some of what I have learned over the 20+ years …
Way back myriad decades ago, I had a friend I will call “Clark”. Clark was the Bad Influence friend. We set up green army men in fake battles in the sand box in his backyard, soaked them with cigarette lighter fluid he stole from his father, and lit them on fire. We had a lot …
These 10 questions to atheists exist in many places on the interwebs. I have never taken the time (or interest) to answer them, but I was recently challenged to “defend my atheism” by answering one or two of these during a friendly discussion with a friendly theist. So, I thought I would finally do this …
I was born male. I have all of the requisite parts and pieces, fringe and accessories, that make me a biological male. Not one time in my whole life have I ever questioned my gender (or which gender I was sexually attracted to – another post for another day). I don’t understand how anyone could …
In my childhood and youthful days, I know that I told racist and sexist jokes, used words and slurs about black and female classmates and strangers, judged people very harshly based entirely on their skin tone, gender, and faith. In my (very few) college years, I know for sure I drank (and smoked pot and …
A “commercial photographer” specializes in photography for commerce. A commercial photographer is not necessarily a model or portrait photographer. Don’t shoot or model for commercial or stock use for free! Someone will use your work to make money. You should expect to make money for your work. 73% of internet statistics are made up. Most …
I know, first hand, someone who bought an expensive mutt – sorry – “doodle” then decided to make her life easier by buying a dog vest from Amazon that said her dog is a service dog just so she can take her dog anywhere and everywhere. Let’s make this clear up front – this is …
I recently took a business trip to San Francisco. California is one of the 10 states (as of April 2018) where recreational marijuana is legal. As a child of the 80s who grew up buying weed from sketchy people in sketchy parts of town, I absolutely HAD to experience buying it legally.
