One of the challenges photographers face is understanding “white balance” — basically, rendering color correctly under various types of light. There are many good descriptions out there of this. Here’s Ken Rockwell, for instance: Different kinds of light require different …
As the parent of an increasingly angst-ridden adolescent, I think this was the hardest thing I’ve read in a long time: When Megan’s mother returned home, she found her daughter crying at the computer. After reading the messages, she criticized …
I remember the middle school ages well, and my own parents’ horror at the way we danced (and at our music!). Were they as horrified as Lawrence Downes is? Or as I sometimes am? I think they probably were.
Parenting is a tough job. One has to find a balance between letting kids learn life’s lessons through painful experience (natural consequences), and keeping them safe. The parental path through the child-raising wilderness is not always well-marked. Fire is hot. …
GAH! Hahaha. That takes me back to jr. high in the scariest of ways, but it’s a great shot.