The Academy Awards may already have passed this year, but I’ve got an inside tip on a SHOE-IN for next year!

So I’m not yet what one might call “up-to-date.” I’m gettin’ there.
On 18 February Art Wolfe had a great post by guest blogger Canadian photographer & writer Younes Bounhar called FINDING YOUR STYLE. In it, Bounhar offers five tips to help any photographer – professional, hobbyist or otherwise – better define their own personal style:

Study the work of other artists
Get off the beaten path
Try something different
Break the rules
Take photography workshops

Each tip includes a paragraph or two with some great thoughts on how to solidify your personality into each of your photos. …

Get some great tips on beginning – & keeping – your own photography business.

Or rather, Sea of Glass by Sean Vicary. It won’t pay your bills, do your grocery shopping, or improve your physique, but it just may give you a smile, which outta help with those other things.

Sea of Glass from Sean Vicary on Vimeo.

About two days ago my dad told me he recently had seen the movie 9. I’d never heard of it. I don’t keep up with modern life. So I’ve rented it, & now I’m watching it. This is what’s going through my head. CAUTION: SPOILERS AHEAD. DO NOT PROCEED IF YOU WISH NOT TO DISCOVER THE FATE OF POST-APOCALYPTIC LEATHERFACE.