One simple way to get motivated is to have someone else tell you you’ll fail.
Then, you’ll work really hard to do prove that person wrong.
This can be quite effective. Some people build their whole life around it, because it’s such a powerful source of motivation.
One common story you hear among hospital patients is this: “The doctor said I’d never walk again. Look at me now! I sure proved him wrong.”
I think there’s a doctor doing this as his full-time job. He drives between hospitals, goes to each patient’s room, and tells the patient he’ll never walk again. Even if the …
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I returned to the spot of Gridiron Sky for this shot. These flowers had fallen to the ground, so I picked them up and held them against the reflective building. It makes a nice background.
For editing, I darkened the sky and corners a lot, while adding color and contrast. I use an RGB working color space, so after adding contrast, the colors become over-saturated. I reduced the saturation overall then, and then used the gamut warning tool for toning down parts of the flower. It’s important that the colors look good on screen and in …
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Sarah (another Sarah) pretending to eat a blue light bulb. No animals were involved in the creation of that light bulb. The light bulb is a perfect vegetarian snack.
You can’t see that the light bulb is blue, because I converted this to black and white. It makes more sense that way.
Sarah has some nice teeth. Eating a light bulb is probably a bad idea, at least as far as her teeth are concerned.
If you want to be more like Sarah, read Becoming a Vegetarian.
Canon Rebel XTi, EF 50mm 1:1.4, 1/160, F3.5, 50mm, ISO100, 2008-10-01T15:55:18-04, 20081001-195518rxt
