I knew that we had worked quickly on the previous shoot (with Lexus Lee); but I didn’t realize how quickly. Here is the shot breakdown:

Setup #1: 2 minutes, 38 seconds. 48 proof images

Setup #2:3 minutes, 37 seconds, 65 proof images

Setup #3: 49 seconds, 15 proof images.

Shooting time: 7 minutes, 4 seconds; 130 images (two were in the car)

Total shoot time: 20 minutes from first shot to last shot; about 40 minutes total, as we drove around a bit at the ...read more

I like to have some ‘think’ time every day, and lately that’s been during my lunch hour. Today I was thinking about how I process, or more accurately, DON’T process my GTD lists as regularly as I should.

One thing that came to me today is that my internal mental future-vision lists don’t match my Real Life lists and don’t match my GTD lists. If GTD is supposed to reduce stress imagine what happens when the lists don’t match… TOTAL STRESS.

I’m ...read more

The last week was interesting, productive, and frustrating, all at the same time.

I was in Toronto for SecTor, a conference that’s somewhere between Blackhat, DefCon, and something more mainstream like RSA, after which I was in Vancouver for a few days of R&R, shopping, and of course, some shooting.

Actually, I had planned on doing a lot more shooting than I did. My preparations were a bit rushed, and I wasn’t really able to put together a shot list for the ...read more

Well, do ya?*

(* or how not to fail at photography, project management, and life, and use GTD, PDCA, and your desk calendar in your quest for world domination.)

The title words (or something pretty darn close) were spoken by Clint Eastwood in the movie ‘Dirty Harry’, which was set in San Francisco, which is an excellent locale for todays (slightly stretched) metaphoric subtitle. Fisherman’s Wharf

Every year we go to San Francisco, sometimes for the RSA convention (in real life I used to ...read more

A few posts ago I mentioned that combining GTD (from David Allen) and Success Calendars (from Wayne Cotton) was a good combination, and I’d like to offer up a real world example. Recently I caught a tweet on ‘189 business building ideas for photographers‘. I thought it was actually applicable (with some loose interpretation) to anyone, in any industry, so I re-tweeted it and moved on, intending to come back later and add the ‘best’ items to my own GTD system. ...read more

I did a half dozen little jobs today to move forward with the business. And I know I have a half dozen more tomorrow. And I know that I’m doing the right things at the right time; more or less. And I know that I didn’t forget anything. That’s important, because I can really only focus on the weekend; during the week I can get a few things taken care of; but if you recall the method of Wayne Cotton, it’s ...read more

Before I stop flogging the probably dead-horse of the ‘Just Start’ method, I thought I’d leave you with some actual evidence of where it came from, and why it works. Sound boring? Yeah, it’s dry stuff. And I promise to cover the magic connection between Wayne Cotton and David Allen soon. But if you’ve read up on either, you may already guess the connection. (Oh, and I’ll get to that photography stuff too – new pics on the way!) To understand ...read more

In the last post suggested that one way to get started on something is to ‘Just Start’. This time I’d like to expand on that a bit more and describe what I mean by using my own journey as an example. There is a bit more to ‘Just Start’ than closing your eyes and jumping it; in fact that approach is less than half-right. Jumping-in is still encouraged, though. That’s the fun part! If you keep your eyes wide ...read more