The past week I’ve been thinking about how to really connect with the people around you, and around the world. What is the secret? I’ve gone on about a dozen trips where some of the people hang out with the people they’re traveling with, and some really connect with the locals. So what makes the […]
“Realizing how blessed you are and how many things you really don’t need, and what the true value of how great my life is, and how many good things I have in it. Brings back these moments of: the traffic wasn’t so bad, the weather wasn’t so bad, was it worth it? Absolutely. […]
Sometimes we think that helping people can only happen through traveling the world and finding a remote tribe somewhere in the wilds of Africa or Papua New Guinea, or through doing something exotic that will interest people. Not exactly. Let me introduce you to an organization called Help Portrait. Help Portrait was founded by photographer Jeremy […]
“To live a creative life we must lose our fear of being wrong.” Joseph Chilton Pearce That’s pretty much it, isn’t it? The key to getting started in anything is being willing to fail. The interesting thing about trying and failing is after you’ve practiced that for awhile and patch up bruised pride, again, one […]
“Nicaragua is a dangerous place. It’s not so much because of its politics, but because they have a rare benevolence that causes one to want to identify this place as home.” (J.M.) Welcome to the warm and inviting land of Nicaragua, as seen through photographer John McPherson’s photojournalistic view. John believes that it’s important to go […]