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Dancing Through Life: Getting Tubed in Big Sur

Late in the summer of 1995 my wife and children and I decided to go camping in Big Sur.  We loaded up with all of the camping paraphernalia, bikes on top and of course my surfboard and wetsuit. We stayed at Pfeiffer campground out in a sunny open spot with millions of trees all around.

iPhone Tips

Yep, I'm hooked on my iPhone, love to take shots with it and love to hike with it and soften the miles with all those tunes (my wife rolled her eyes last weekend when she heard I was listening to Jimi Hendrix The Wind Cries Mary--ah well the '60s-'70s gap!) This is a long ways

Damn Good Advice! How to Unleash Your Creative Potential

I want to introduce you to a book you need to read, if you're a creative professional, or anyone who wants to lead a creative life (which is you if you're reading this.) Here's where the story starts—one of my favorite documentaries is "Art & Copy" (watch on Netflix) and again if your a creative,

Explore…dream…discover

"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines, sail away from the safe harbor, catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore...dream...discover..." Mark Twain  

Tree in Lake, South Africa

Africa Tree in Lake , originally uploaded by marc silber. Going through my Africa shots again, ran across this one that hadn't put up before. It's a lesson to look over your shots to catch all of them that capture your emotions from the time you shot them: I remember this shot and seeing it

Moon Over Sand Hill Road (Silicon Valley)

Moon Over Sand Hill Road (Silicon Valley), originally uploaded by marc silber. Only had my iPhone returning from a long hike in Woodside, and there was the moon! Couldn't miss it. Rising over Sand Hill Road where the VCs are.

Sunset, Hermanus South Africa

Sunset, Hermanus South Africa, originally uploaded by marc silber. This was almost my last shot, ever! I was so intent on catching this shot, that I started to cross the small highway, instinctively looking first to my right to see if any cars coming--but this being South Africa, drivers were on the other side, as

Free ebook: 5 Tips for Memorable Photographs

A year ago I put together an ebook "Taking Memorable Photographs" which you can download for free in case you missed it. I covered 5 tips for travel photography (or any photography for that matter.) In September we traveled to South Africa and I posted a few shots to my portfolio, but (blush) I just