Metrics Jon Hillenbrand, October 2, 2010October 17, 2019 Some people I work with don’t care about anything other than successful numbers. As someone involved in creating artwork for a living, it’s difficult to mesh with that metrics-based world. But I do keep track of almost everything I do at work so just for fun, here are some of my numbers from the past 14 days (since Sept 19th): PHOTO RESEARCH: 7 requests filled (way down – I usually get 3+ a day) PHOTO SHOOTS: 18 PHOTOS SHOT: 11 GB VIDEO SHOOTS: 4 HOURS WORKED: 97 (will rise to 99 probably today when I go in) MILES DRIVEN FOR WORK: 124 EMAILS RECEIVED AND ANSWERED: 460 UNANSWERED EMAILS: 15 FAMILY EMERGENCIES: 1 DAYS OFF: 2 COWORKERS QUIT: 1 Photography Thoughts artworkdataislandmatrixmetricsnumbersphotographyWorkwork-life balance
Photography Universal Tooth August 10, 2010October 17, 2019 Debating the details of someone’s core beliefs is an entertaining yet usually pointless endeavour; but let slip the dogs of war, I say. I once argued with a girl for what felt like two hours about the existence of Universal Truth, she on the, “it obviously exists,” side and me on the, “you can never prove it,”… Read More
Photography Easter Bunny Kills 9. Escapes. April 3, 2010October 17, 2019 After an exhaustive five-minute Google search on egg-related death statistics in America and coming up with almost no usable results, I stumbled across a very interesting fact about the Black Widow Spider. As some of you may already know, the Black Widow Spider is named for her truly confusing behavior of killing… Read More
Photography Creative Urges April 29, 2009October 17, 2019 Look at this… [vodpod id=ExternalVideo.817262&w=512&h=296&fv=] There’s creativity, and then there’s blow your mind creativity. As a photographer among many accountants, I’m often labeled as an artist at my admitedly very corporate job. And sometimes that feels good because I want to be someone different from the regular pack animal. I’d… Read More