There are many podcast I listen to on a daily basis. Some are long, short or whatever, I just love listening to them. I listen to 14 total podcast throughout the week. Some are monthly, weekly and daily. I usually like to keep my list to only 10, but lately I’ve been on this photography kick and added 3 of those. I’ll call this my top 5 list of podcast I listen to and the reasons why I love them. I’ll do it in the reverse order, the last one is my favorite.

This American Life – This is a weekly podcast that tells interesting stories about regular/normal human beings and at times gets you to think about your perspective on your beliefs. Ira Glass is the host of the show. I like the way he tells stories and gets the listener engaged. It is an hour long and just the right amount of time for a weekly podcast.

The Story- I’m very particular about people I want talking to me for an hour per day (actually 50 minutes, in this case). I can’t stand a person who has a list of questions and has to get them done (Terry Gross). Dick Gordon is one of the best conversationalist I’ve heard. The way he talks to me gives a vivid image of him on that person’s front porch and just chatting them up about whatever. I’m sure he has a couple of questions, but he relies on people’s responses to determine what he is going to ask next. My only gripe with Dick is that he is all about keeping up with the current events. So, if March Madness is coming up, he’ll have one or a couple of stories about somebody playing in the basketball turnorment or knew somebody who did. If something happens politically, than he would have something political. I know why he does it, I’m just not a fan of it at all.

The Tavis Smiley Show- This guy reminds me of Dick Gordon, but does it on a different level. He talks to people from anywhere from 5-20 minutes. The thing about Tavis Smiley is that he is researched up. He knows most of everything about the person before he even sits in front of them to ask them questions. However, he feeds off their words and answers to ask the next couple of questions. Tavis mainly talks to famous people. If you want to see a person who gets his guest to say that they truly admire him as a person, you will here this often. Tavis is daily.

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Yesterday Last Week I watched a movie that I thought I would love: Brooklyn’s Finest. I heard a couple of interviews and thought it was a movie that I just had to see. But, when it was all said and done, I didn’t like it.

This movie review is going to be from a photographer’s point of view. After talking to my fiance about what we thought of the movie.

There is a technique many photographers use, it is called bokeh, this is when the foreground or background is in focus and everywhere else of the photograph is blurry or out of focus. Right now, I’m loving that type of photography. The reason why I like the technique is I’m telling the viewer/interpreter what I want them to the main focus of the story I’m telling through the photograph.

A Little About the Movie

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I didn’t write shit this past month. I’ve realized that it is much easier to spend my time doing things that occupy my time and keep me interested in life. I don’t think any of those things would be worth me writing.

A quick status report with me is that I’m trying to do things on the side. I’ve ways to make this happen and will try them all. Another thing is that work is fine, I’m about to move to my house with my fiance and enjoying waking up every morning and seeing what I get accomplish.

However, it is a new month. I’ve given myself some goals that will help spring my year into new levels and such. I’ve been on this photography kick and will do something that will blow my mind away and just help me figure out what I want to do.

So, this month, my crazy goal is to learn everything I possibly can on my camera. This will be reflected by the photos that I take.

Later on this week or whenever I feel like doing it, I will put up some of the photos I’ve taken so far this year.