Surf, Sand, Sun…and Music [featured]
MISSION BEACH – A surfer flips through music on her iPod while perched upon her surf board, waiting for her partner before hitting the waves. Last month I was out in San Diego to shoot a friend’s outdoor wedding, and, in my free time surrounding the...Happy Fifth Birthday, Pumpkin!
I can’t believe that five years ago today our lives were blessed by the emergence of our beautiful daughter into this wide world. There has been so much laughter, so many tears, and many more wonderful memories that will be cherished forever. I love you,...The Root of All Love [featured]
Last month I was out in San Diego to shoot a friend’s outdoor wedding, and in my free time surrounding the matrimonial events, I tried my best to get in a little personal photography. I absolutely love San Diego and the vast array of subjects it offers, and I...DELETE: Some of the best darn photographic advice…ever!
Every once in a while we have all had the experience of being smacked in the face (proverbially or otherwise) with a bit of advice that is both very obvious and extremely practical. I, too, recently experienced this phenomenon in my own life. While I have heard/read a...
Ep. 87 — Seventeen Syllables of Suffering: The Haiku Scam
Tired of people calling 17 syllables “genius”? So am I.
In this brutally honest, occasionally unhinged episode of Perfectly Poetic, Allen Mowery finally unleashes his pent-up frustration about the most overrated poetic form of all time: the haiku. From childhood worksheet trauma to seasonal name-dropping, syllable policing, AI-generated nonsense, and the myth of Bashō’s frog — no stone (or smooth river pebble) is left unskipped.