My Sony is a just few steps above a basic point-and-shoot, and yet it takes HD video and renders amazing sharpness in very low-light situations, such as when I shot this bass guitar. (This unretouched shot was taken while someone was playing this bass!)

A huge factor in my purchase of a digital camera is that it must fit in my pocket. If I have to carry around a huge honking camera, I guarantee I would take less photos than I take now. “In the ballpark” quality is better than no shot at all.

Since that was before Christmas, our neighbor had his massive light display on — even though some of it got buried in snow.

I decided to shoot the leaf on dry deck boards and wet. It was interesting how different the photos turned out.

I hope your autumn is going well (if you’re in the northern hemisphere).

I can’t remember seeing graffiti that big before.

(You can click on the image to enlarge it.)

In Paris, I saw both the good and the bad. I think the left example is bad. A really picturesque neighborhood was hurt by that personal expression. (And interestingly, it was about six stories above street level, so very few people see it.)

The poster, however, had very creatively applied graffiti.

What are some examples of good and bad graffiti you’ve seen?

I took the photo on June 11, 2011 near Guanella Pass in Colorado.

It may look like a boring photo, but trust me, it will make an awesome desktop.

I bought it on eBay. It worked great for maybe four years. Then it died.

Compared to more recent iPods, it was a brick. But it was amazing for the time — and is still a work of art.

My minimalistic lifestyle sometimes betrays me.

I realized I had not looked at the book in almost as long as I’ve owned it. So I sold it on Amazon... but not before I took some representative photos of the content. So now I can remember that lovely gift, without my kids having to give it to a charity shop when I die. And having to take the time to do so. If they want to dig through my old hard drives, they can do so. But those will take up the space of just a few shoe boxes. Or by then, a small flash drive. Or a small bit of the cloud. (But I like owning my own data!!)

I’ve written about this before: here and here. But I feel strongly enough about it that I wanted to remind you of this concept.

Yes, I did invent the idea of SUVs. (Sadly, the royalty payments are way behind.)

Anyhow, sometimes it’s better for a thing to be slightly imperfect for it to be more interesting. In the case of this little sign, if the clear background portion were perfectly aligned with the front portion, it would be boring.

Takeaway: Can you be intentional about adding some interest to projects you are working on? Adding a tiny bit of chaos could be a good thing.