Had a really close call with a very very close family member today - as close as it gets. Could have been fatal - but turned out ok. Head traumas are so dangerous, and when mixed with internal bleeding can turn on a dime.
Any way. All is good. Everyone is fine. (Broken skulls excluded.)
Things have been incredibly busy for me over the past few weeks - and the outlook for things has been awesome. And just like that all could have come crashing down.
I’m being cryptic on purpose because I really don’t want to get into personal matters on a public forum.
The point of this post is simply to remind me (and you) to always keep an eye on what is important in life: family, friends - and all else is far secondary - if even on the radar. Be safe out there. Always make a point to “seize the day,” but make more of a point to spend as much time with your loved ones - no matter how crazy busy you are.
Being busy is a voluntary thing. So is spending time with family. Make a point of doing the latter.
Family and friends are all that matter in the end.
I just wanted to put up a quick public thank you to everyone for visiting - and for all of the comments.
539,380 have visited this blog since Saturday and 211,935 today alone - and that’s nuts. The most amazing thing: my server (Rob Haggart’s to be exact) is still up - as are both the Canon and SmugMug servers that are serving up the massive amounts of data…
Just to put things in perspective… (While I can’t really assume that everyone visiting this site has been here to see the video and downloaded it - but the numbers are showing that 98% or so or the visits are to both of those videos) I think it’s safe to assume that between that (and the fact that people are visiting the Canon web site directly from other articles/blogs etc from around the world) let’s assume for a minute that the 89.4 MB has been seen “only” 211,935 times (and that does not include all of the other sites linking to the video directly… sites that undoubtedly send much greater traffic to them than this little blog does…) To put it in perspective - today alone: a minimum of 18,946,989 Megabytes …. almost 19 TB alone have been transmitted - I know Smug Mug is up to 3.8 TB of bandwidth for the behind the scenes video - today alone… these numbers are nuts to me.
Anyway - thanks for all of the kind words. My apologies for not getting back to the comments today - I will do so tomorrow. It’s 10 p.m. and I’m going to catch up on rest - so that I can be at maybe 90% tomorrow - it’s been a very long - but invigorating - ten days! And this looks to be just the beginning…
I just received confirmation from Canon: “barring any last minute technical difficulties” the video will be live within the next 12 hours… (I will link to it from this Blog)
SmugMug has stepped up to the plate as well - and they’ve agreed to host the “Behind The Scenes” video on their servers at no cost… so this site will remain advertising-free as a result (I don’t need to raise cash to pay for bandwidth as a result of their generous offer).
There is also a pretty incredible announcement coming up from them on this blog… within the next hour or so… One that almost trumps the release of this video in my opinion- an announcement that you all have a chance to benefit from…
If you choose to subscribe via RSS to this blog - you’ll be the first to hear of it and the release… my life has been on hold for almost a week - so I’m eager to get this out! We’ve gotten over 250,000 hits on this blog since Saturday - and the numbers just keep rolling in.
For now - enjoy this 12 second clip “teaser” of the behind the scenes video - to be launched simultaneously with the “Reverie” film…
One of the things I’d really like to accomplish with this blog is to start up an ongoingdiscussion on some of the themes and ideas I presented in the “Cloud is Falling” article. I’ve already heard from a few hundred of you via e-mail - and it looks like a solid bet that there will be some sort of “workshop” or gathering as result - perhaps as early as this fall.
I’ve already had some pretty excellent people offer to participate - editors, publishers, agents, and photographers - not to mention some of the authors behind the blogs that have influenced me… (more…)
Well the interweb never ceases to amaze me…. but somehow my friend Andrew Hetherington found my blog (that I decided to put up just before midnight last night - and that I haven’t told a single soul about or sent a single e-mail out yet) and has already written a post about it…
Well - I guess I’ve been outted for now… the blog was supposed to start this coming Monday - but it starts NOW - Merci Andrew (more…)
This is where this little blog started… on June 30th 2008, I decided to write a piece for my friend Bert Hanashiro’s site SportsShooter about the state of the photography business and where I saw it headed - titled “The Cloud is Falling.” You can read it here. In it I talk about the economic pressures that all newspapers and magazines are facing, as well as the effect the web is having on the traditional media. Many of my colleagues are losing their staff jobs by the hundreds, and freelancers around the globe are scrambling for work. While the situation is pretty dire on the surface - I tried to point out how essential it is for all of us to think “out of the box” during these times - and to look for the next big thing.
The response to the article from photographers, photo editors, journalists and even publishers was overwhelming and has led me to start this blog… so here goes!
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