The Big Picture By now, most of you are painfully aware of my participation in the WeBlogBetter “Survive The Blog” competition. I’ve survived to the seventh week and we are down to the final four.  I’m up against some pretty tough competition, but together we can do this! Every Monday we get our challenge for the week.  The good news is, there are only...

    The Big Picture By now, most of you are painfully aware of my participation in the WeBlogBetter “Survive The Blog” competition.  If you are a newcomer, you can read about it here:   contest details I’ve survived to the seventh week and we are down to the final four.  I’m up against some pretty tough competition, but...

Several weeks ago, I stumbled across a website advertising a blogging contest.  I decided to enter and next thing I knew- I was a contestant in the We Blog Better “Survive The Blog” contest.    If you haven’t read up on the contest, take a minute to do so… its a pretty unique idea! I’ve made it to the Final Six -woo hoo- now I need...

As a big fan of 80s music, I jumped at a chance to interview rock and roll icon, Chrissie Hynde of The Pretenders. Unfortunately, it didn’t work out exactly how I had hoped… Larry’s Failed Celebrity Interview Enjoy! Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook Share on Linkedin Share with Stumblers Share on technorati Tumblr it...

The great thing about challenges is how they push you outside your comfort zone.  Sure- sometimes they end with terrible crash landings, but sometimes they end with a huge feeling of accomplishment.  To me the reward really does outweigh the risk. For starters, we really use the word challenge very loosely.   Columbus sailing around the world with no idea where...

Sometimes photography is all about perspective.  A slight change in your camera angle can change an ordinary image into something memorable.  It is these fine-tuning adjustments that help us to grow artistically. Last month, my wife and I spent a week in Hawaii and I planned to create a ton of new images.  Now landscape photography is not really my thing....