Photographers tend to notice other photographers. On a trip to Maui, I kept running into local photographers on the street and in parks making money by offering to take your photo with their parrot. Souvenirs of your trip kind of thing. And people were flocking to it! What I found most interesting, of course, was the parrot!
I really wanted to photograph that beautiful bird! But how?? Read More→
Most people photograph the gardens at the Palace at Versailles the other way – looking from the palace into the garden. This shot has an unusual viewpoint – it goes the opposite way and this adds interest. Having a fountain in your face in the foreground adds to this. Shot with a wide angle lens, from a viewpoint a little lower than normal, the hugeness of the fountain is exaggerated, as is the smallness of the people along the paths on either side. This gives a sense of perspective and adds depth to the image. Read More→
Walking along a beach near Cape Town one evening, I was enjoying the warmth of the sun, the glorious soft hazy light and the sound of the ocean gently rolling up to the shoreline. There was a sense of a vastness, harmony and perfectly grounded beauty. And Mother Earth was there sharing all of her splendor and energy with me – and with the man in the red shirt and the fishing pole.
Why was he just standing there? He was at the edge of a bountiful ocean! He was in the right place and it was the right time – all he had to do was reach out and cast his line! Why was he just standing there and not taking action? Read More→
by Arlene Taveroff, PhD
Some people state very clearly that the goal of business is to make money and create wealth. Others get offended by that and claim that they are in business to help people and to do what they love. What side are you on? Can the door to wealth be opened, so that the two sides come together?
The desire to make money is neither good nor bad in itself. What IS problematic is focusing only on the money: that is like saying “I want to get to New York” without having any idea how to get there. The result, too often, is that the journey is bittersweet. Read More→
Calm in the Center
By Arlene Taveroff, PhD
Looking back at it now, I am struck by how there is a balance, a calm and a sense of order within this crowded scene. Notice how the chaos and the crowdedness lie all around the outside. Read More→