For many years I have gathered sayings, quotes, random passages, that I find interesting. Most have been about life, living, the human condition, and creativity. Some years ago I started actually writing these down. I now have a box with hundreds of 3x5 index [...]
This above all: to thine own self be true. – William Shakespeare Do you know how you interact with nature? For the past 10 plus years, there has always been a decrease in photographs made during the summer months. I don't consider this out [...]
I wanted to get a quick post here for a couple of reasons. Saturday January 14 I had a major website failure that for a little over 24 hours had this bradmangs.com site completely disabled. The issue started when I decided to install a new [...]
Like a prairie dog digging its den on the dry prairies all the time knowing once it is completed it will be home to a new generation.
I read many blogs, posts, tweets, follow many different photographers works and thoughts from friends with the same interests to long time well established professionals that have become quite successful through photography.
Many people mistakenly think mastering simple techniques such as shutter, aperture, depth of field and the like is to know about photography.
![Natural Chert - PA_7639](https://www.bradmangas.com/wp-content/gallery/abstracts/Natural-Chert-PA_7639.jpg "Chert, also known as \\"flint\\".")
