Advice from Little Bear

Do you remember Little Bear?  Well, he decided to come out of hiding to give you a litlle piece of advice.  When he was in Yellowstone last year, he observed the workshop particants running here and there to get that "perfect" shot.  As you can see here, however, he sat down in front of these flowers and took a little time to relax.  Now that doesn't mean that there's anything wrong with trying hard to get the picture you want, or working diligently to succeed in your job.  But, sometimes if you slow down for just a few minutes and take time to "smell the roses", you replenish your sense of self and breathe a little extra passion into whatever project you're working on.  So, next time you're working so hard that you begin to lose track of where you are, start forgetting little details or get so tired that you can hardly move, remember this advice from Little Bear, because he knows things.  No matter what he's doing, he always takes time to smell the roses.   He never gets migraines.  He never gets an upset stomach and he's never going to have a stroke or a heart attack.  How about you?

I hope you have a wonderful day and take a few minutes to stop and smell the roses.

I Want to be a Cowboy

The second lesson in my book is about checking your camera settings before you start shooting.  Have you ever changed your ISO or set your exposure compensation and then forgotten to change it & ended up with a ruined shot?   I certainly have & it taught me to always check before I shoot.  I once ruined what would have been a great picture of a Trumpeter Swan landing on a lake in Jackson Hole because I forgot to check my controls.  I had shot a moose the night before and had increased my ISO to 1600 and forgot to change it.  With some of today's cameras that might not be a problem, but with the D30 that I was using at that time, it definitely was.  So, remember to check your ISO, exposure compensation, exposure mode, focus point, shooting mode, etc. BEFORE you start shooting. 

This is Teddy B.  We found him in Black Water, a small town in Missouri, & posed him in several  locations there and in Arrow Rock.  You'll probably see more pictures of him in future blog posts.  I've found that stuffed animals make great models.  They're very cute, never complain and always stay where you put them.  LOL!