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Mistakes Made and Lessons Learned
Well, I just finished an additional four more gilded vellum prints and received a thumbs-up from my instructor, Kevin Black. As is usually the case, some were better, some…not!
I began this new batch wit...
Settling into Challenge & Change
A couple of issues ago, I wrote about being a beta tester for Kevin Black’s Gilded Vellum Course (Leaving Your Comfort Zone, #133). The work and the process of creating gilded-vellum prints is not for the f...
The Magic of Repurposing
“What you did here, my friend, is exactly what I do from time-to-time: repurpose. I think it is good for the soul and good for fresh ideas. As you also may have, there is a folder on my desktop that contains snippe...
133 • 8/03/2026
Leaving Your Comfort Zone
It’s Time to Step Up!
I think I have written about this, previously... The point in time when you realize that the way you have doing business just isn’t gaining any traction.
What is wrong? How can I move forward? What are my challenges?...
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Tim publishes Shadow & Light Magazine, a bi-monthly, 100 page photography magazine. He is also a writer/poet and published Frame of Mind, a poetry book, a few years ago. He publishes regularly online in Medium, and through several newsletters.
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