Photography Hitting the Wall Jon Hillenbrand, May 16, 2007October 17, 2019 They exist out there waiting for us to run into them like unwitting street mimes. Bang, and your level of coping ability falls off to nothing. Today I hit the wall and realized that whatever dedication I feel to work, it’s all subject to the laws of physics running around…
Photography Dedication to the Shot Jon Hillenbrand, April 12, 2007October 17, 2019 You’ll learn. You’ll see that there’s something outside of yourself that you use to get what you need to get. It’s not something that you HAVE to do, it’s something you choose to do. And it might be a struggle. It’s certainly a pain in the ass sometimes. But in…
Photography Color Saturation of Fence-blocked Grass Jon Hillenbrand, March 23, 2007October 17, 2019 Earth, Air, Fire and Water all conspire against you and me at times. We look distantly through the fisheye lens of our lives at the greenery others dance on without a care. Is the cliche true? Who and where are these people who are so better off? My life as…
Poetry My frightening moments in the toy section Jon Hillenbrand, March 22, 2007December 30, 2015 And with tears and longing, a forgotten child cringes, small hands clutching at the unpurchased toy, the life preserver and the reason and the hated reason, love at first sight, pretending not to notice the fading nearness of mothers skirt, vague fantasies projecting into mysteries. And all the world collapses…
Photography Goodness Jon Hillenbrand, March 13, 2007October 17, 2019 How many photographic magazines does it take to make you a better photographer? None. That was a trick question. Sorry about that. But what’s the reasoning? Because either you are a good photographer or you aren’t? NO! How do you define a good photographer? You can’t! Good is a description…
Photography Our Sea of Choices Jon Hillenbrand, March 11, 2007October 17, 2019 Quotes are a lens which brings life into focus some times. The movie Gladiator has a few of these quotes. “What we do in this life echoes throughout eternity.” I think these are good words to live by and though I’ve doubted the existence of eternity in the past, I’ve…
Poetry Button Jon Hillenbrand, March 1, 2007December 30, 2015 Cute little halo You and your friends keep my clothes on I see you there dangling With a sideways smile on your face One of these days you are going to try and get away You’ll be there at night But the next morning you’ll be gone I’ll look through…
Photography Photographic Memory Jon Hillenbrand, March 1, 2007October 17, 2019 Memories. Those funny little thoughts. They are like packets of imagination except they are supposedly real. But many lawyers depend on the fact that they aren’t real. Perhaps because of their association with the imagination, they’ve acquired a bad rep. They can change the color of a car, the height…
Photography Why should you read this blog? Jon Hillenbrand, November 1, 2006October 17, 2019 Great question! Well, there are a few things that people have to say in their lives, and often, those people choose to be writers. Sometimes the words come out better as fiction, sometimes better as stated fact. And some, well, they like to mix it up. Which am I? I…
Photography First post in the new BLOG Jon Hillenbrand, November 1, 2006October 17, 2019 Well, I’ve finally caved and created a blog. Easy as can be and I can see why everyone in the world seems to have one. The process from thinking about doing a blog to typing here has taken approximately 2 minutes. Eeek. Now, if only the utility companies could reach…