… one of my traits is to always go for perfection. When is whatever I am doing good enough? I have a tendency to always strive for perfection. I watched a YouTube video today regarding choices of equipment for faceting and this gentleman who is a noted facetor, explained how he settled his choice of equipment. He is able to facet a stone and get a much higher quality stone than commercially cut stones but less than competition cut stones … better than most, but not perfection … it got me thinking as I spent several hours polishing the table of the citrine I am cutting. I could see a few slight drag lines on the table under 7X magnification … after viewing the video, I looked at the table under 2.5X magnification and they were not visible and with the naked eye it looked like perfection … so it is good enough … the drag lines are there, but no one can see them. This carries over into almost everything we do … when is a photo done, a presentation good enough? I’ll always be on the side of perfection, but near is good enough for most things.
A portrait of a Bobcat on the tee box is above and below a shot I took from my back deck of a guy with a powered paraglider cruising alongside Castle Rock late afternoon a few years ago … I’ve never done that, but it looks pretty cool.
A new day … a new week, still here and still loving life and sometimes, just waking up in the morning is good enough … we are here and get to choose the kind of day we will have.
Cheers,
Ted
But from the brooding beauty of the night,
And daily dancing shafts of golden sun—
The mystery and wonder of the world—
That play the soundless music of the soul
And fill the heart with memory’s olden dreams—
From these will come at last your faith in God.
excerpt from Breaking Home Ties by Max Ehrmann (1904)
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The easiest way to reach Mr. Grussing is by email: ted@tedgrussing.com
In addition to sales of photographs already taken Ted does special shoots for patrons on request and also does air-to-air photography for those who want photographs of their airplanes in flight. All special photographic sessions are billed on an hourly basis.
Ted also does one-on-one workshops for those interested in learning the techniques he uses. By special arrangement Ted will do one-on-one aerial photography workshops which will include actual photo sessions in the air.
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