Don’t let the apathetic title fool you, I am quite passionate about photography, I am, however, also a realist – not to be confused with a pessimist – and I understand the limits of a shutter-happy society wielding what might as well be 0.2 megapixel potatoes. My goal is not to bring my reader to the level of someone who has been practicing for 20 years with one snappy article, but to give them the tips necessary to start the journey towards taking stunning photographs.
Winter Skin Care Dos and Don’ts
After watching a stirring New Year’s Day marathon of Spaced, I was inspired to pay homage to one of the best television series ever made by bringing one of the few articles Daisy, a full time writer, ever got around to writing: Winter Skin Care Dos and Don’ts. Continue reading
How to Take Holiday ‘Bokeh’ Photographs
All you need to take neat pictures like this,
are a DSLR camera, a piece of cardboard and scissors.
What I learned Hosting a Hanukkah Dinner
Let me start off by saying that I am not Jewish. I do not identify as any religion in particular, in fact, but if you forced me, I would say that around age five my family was asked to stop attending a Christian church because we weren’t donating enough money… so I guess I’m that. However, I recently became quite interested in religion when I started studying the ancient world and how history, politics, art, rhetoric, war and religion are so intertwined. Although I have been more investigative of Western religion, my husband has always been very keen towards Eastern religion and philosophy while my brother has consistently felt that his unique set of morals, beliefs and aspirations most closely coincide with the Jewish faith.