Quote a Week Tuesday, 2016-02-02

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“The only photograph I regret is the one I did not take” Gun Roswell

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People often ask me what kind of camera I use. I must confess, after being a pix snapper for forty years, I have come to the conclusion, that the camera does not make the shot, I do. I used to drag all sorts of equipment with me even on travels, but since the advent of the digital format, I prefer to carry the smallest one with me, or just the mobile phone.

Of course there are advantages to SLR and various lens options, but then again, I rarely get the opportunity to just spend my time pic snapping anymore and when the opportunity for a great shot arises, I don’t care what camera I have with me, as long as I get the shot.

There are those who disagree with me and I agree not all of the snaps turn out as I imagined, but for me personally, the idea is more important than technical perfection. An image can be perfect in all ways, but still have no content. Even an out of focus image with a great vision, can be perfect. And in the end, if you yourself like it, then it is great!

Meanwhile, I think we can all agree on Chase Jarvis’ quote:

“The best camera is the one you have with you” Chase Jarvis

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Quote a Week Tuesday, 2016-01-26

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“This is my favourite kind of art” Gun Roswell

Quote a Week Tuesday, 2016-01-26

For this week’s quote, I have chosen one from the late and great Andy Warhol. This is something all of us, trying to “create art”, can easily relate to:

“Don’t think about making art, just get it done. Let everyone else decide if it is good or bad, whether they love it or hate it. While they are deciding, make even more art.” Andy Warhol

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Quote a Week Tuesday, 2016-01-19

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“There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed” Ernest Hemingway

Quote a Week Tuesday, 2016-01-19

For this week’s quote, I chose a little something to encourage all us writers; two simple guidelines to follow. Well, basically it is one and the same but for your reading pleasure, please find both the original and updated version.

“This is how you do it: You sit down at the keyboard and you put one word after another until it is done. It’s that easy, it’s that hard.” Neil Gaiman

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Quote a Week Tuesday, 2016-01-12

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“Writers aren’t exactly people… They’re a whole bunch of people trying to be one person” F Scott Fitzgerald

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We all have a little writer in us wanting to break free.

For this week’s quote, I have chosen a quote fitting for all us calling ourselves writers. Despite the fact we enjoy what we do and would not change it for the world. Still, sometimes we hit a block for one reason or another and then, we secretly wish to have some magic means to complete our stories.

“All writers have this vague hope that the elves will come in the night and finish any stories” Neil Gaiman

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Quote a Week Tuesday, 2016-01-06

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“Behind every successful woman is a fabulous pair of shoes”

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For today’s quote, I chose from a topic very near and dear to me. What is it?
Yes, you guessed it; Shoes! But seriously, this is one topic I do not take very lightly 😉

A woman can never have too many pairs of shoes!

The inspiration for this post actually came to me from the Albert and Victoria Museum exhibit of “12 Days of Shoes“, currently running in the museum. If you are in London,
you may want to check it out.

Meanwhile;

“You can’t buy happiness, but you can buy shoes, and that is kind of the same thing!”

Happy Shoe Days, All!

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Celebrating 12 Days of Shoes

Quote a Week Tuesday, 2015-12-29

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“Tragedy is a close-up; comedy a long shot” Buster Keaton

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Today’s quote often comes to my mind, when I try to write my tales with a comedic twist.

“Dying is easy, comedy is hard” is supposedly a death bed quote attributed to character actor Edmund Gwenn.

When director and screenwriter George Seaton visited Gwenn as he lay in bed ill, George Seaton said to Gwenn “This must be terribly difficult for you.” Edmund Gwenn is supposed to have replied:

“Dying is easy, comedy is hard”

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Quote a Week Tuesday, 2015-12-22

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“Christmas is doing a little something extra for someone” Charles M. Schulz

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In honour of Yuletide, this week’s quote is that of Christmas time:

“I will honor Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year” Charles Dickens

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Quote a Week Tuesday, 2015-12-15

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“I used to be Snow White, but I drifted” Mae West

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Today’s quote is for something we all love, or as I do, love to hate, SNOW.

But seriously, snow is fun when you can travel to it and leave when you had enough, much like it is with my relatives. Snow is fun when you don’t have to shovel it, when it doesn’t cover your car in the morning and when it is not over a meter high. Snow is fun when it is a pictoresque view of which you can snap beautiful photographs and then leave for a warmer climate to publish them.

“A lot of people like snow. I find it to be an unnecessary freezing of water” Carl Reiner

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Quote a Week Tuesday, 2015-12-08

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& In honour of the month of December

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“Just living is not enough… one must have sunshine, freedom, and a little flower” Hans Christian Andersen

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Today’s quote seems quite apt for the time of the year, especially for us living way up North, in the land also known as Finland.

During this period, we usually spend our days in total darkness, starting from October and ending only in early spring months. But, for what ever reason, today, we had a beautiful sunny day and clear blue skies as far as the eyes could see.

Odd indeed, but also an excellent photo opportunity for us pic-snappers and a good chance to soak in a few rays while hanging outside (naturally, in the freezing weather 😉 ):

“A day without sunshine is like, you know, night” Steve Martin

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Quote a Week Tuesday, 2015-12-01

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& In honour of the month of December

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If it’s December 1941 in Casablanca, what time is it in New York?” Howard E. Koch

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This week’s Tuesday quote seemed appropriate for the occasion. After all, today is December first, and just yesterday, it was summer, oh what a bummer?

Time flies when you are having fun?
Or is it just another pun?
Hoping to see the sun
Even though it’s December one

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“How did it get so late so soon? It’s night before its afternoon. December is here before it’s June. My goodness how the time has flown. How did it get so late so soon?”
Dr. Seuss

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