2K12 Desktop Calendar
To view my 2K12 Desktop Calendar and for instructions how to download, visit http://bit.ly/rUh6wU
10 Ways To Love Others
Some guidelines for loving:
1. Tell them about their brilliance. They likely can’t see it and they don’t know its immensity, but you can see it, and you can illuminate it for them.
2. Be authentic, and give others the gift of the real you and a real relationship. Ask your real questions. Share your real beliefs. Go for your real dreams. Tell your truth.
3. Don’t confuse “authenticity” with sharing every complaint, resentment, or petty reaction in the name of “being yourself.” Meditate, write, or do yoga to work through anxiety, resentment, and stress on your own so you don’t hand off those negative moods to everyone around you. Sure, share sadness, honest dilemmas, and fears, but be mindful: don’t pollute.
4. Listen, listen, listen. Don’t listen to determine if you agree or disagree. Listen to get to know what is true for the person in front of you. Get to know an inner landscape that is different from your own, and enjoy the journey. Remember that if, in any conversation, nothing piqued your curiosity and nothing surprised you, you weren’t really listening.
5. Don’t waste your time or energy thinking about how they need to be different. Really. Chuck that whole thing. Their habits are their habits. Their personalities are their personalities. Let them be, and work on what you want to change about you—not what you think would be good to change about them.
6. Remember that you don’t have to understand their choices to respect or accept them.
7. Don’t conflate accepting with being a doormat or betraying yourself. Let them be who they are, entirely. Then, you decide what you need, in light of who they are. Do you need to make a direct request that they change their behavior in some way? Do you need to take care of yourself better? Do you need to set a boundary or to change the relationship? Take care of yourself well, without holding anyone else in contempt.
8. Give of yourself, but never sacrifice or compromise yourself. Stop if resentment is building and retool. Don’t do the martyr thing. It helps no one and nothing.
9. Remember that everyone you encounter was created by divine intelligence and has an important role to play in the universe. Treat them as such.
10. If you want to keep growing emotionally and spiritually for the rest of your life, accept this as your mantra and try to live as if it were true: Everything that I experience from another human being is either love, or a call for love.
(via thelittlesea:)
Source: ohapoeticsoul
To Chihuahua, From Dolores.
“When I was a child I would look up at the airplanes that flew high over our farm yard and wondered who those people were and where on Earth they were going. Now I often look down at the Earth with an open mind and ask myself the same question. Curiosity is no doubt a powerful force that can propel us to new heights.” KG
Fire In The Sky.
Last night I was working on my Prairie Fire series when all of a sudden the sky was ignited by Auroras.
October 24, 2011
To see the full series visit http://www.behance.net/gallery/Fire-in-the-Sky/2379736
New Work
42 PHOTOGRAPHS FROM CHINA UPLOADED TO WWW.GRUNERTIMAGING.COM
New images in architectural portfolio and personal work.
Projects include Guangzhou Opera House by Zaha Hadid, National Grand Theatre in Beijing by Paul Andreu, Macao Science Centre by Pei Partnership & more.
“Phase 1 of my Architectural World Tour (China) was a success! Next stop Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Qatar early 2012. If anyone has projects in these countries or any other region for that matter, send me an email I’d love to hear from you.”
Photography Monthly - 40 tips for low light photography
It was a pleasure to again contribute to Photography Monthly out of the U.K. This time I offer a few tips for low light photography. If you can’t find the real thing on the news stand, click here to download the article as a pdf. Enjoy!
Ps. I just got back from another life changing assignment, this time in Africa! Stay tuned for more on that…
Yorkton This Week - Article
This article came out in last week’s newspaper here in Yorkton, Saskatchewan.
It’s an honor to be recognized locally :) Thanks to Calvin Daniels for the interview.
To read the full article click here.
Currently Untitled - personal series from Beijing
A huge thanks to all those who pre-purchased prints from my trip to China. Without your support the trip would not have been possible. Please be patient with me as I continue to process and edit the work. Here is one image from a series not yet titled. This was in the DongCheng District of Beijing very near to the Linked Hybrid project by architect Steven Holl. Very peaceful place. This young man sat with his smart phone, others escaped the hot night air by bathing in the aqua duct and further down there was a large group playing cards beneath an overpass.
To view entire series, visit http://www.behance.net/gallery/One-Beijing-Night/1936871
Guangzhou Opera House
My primary reason for visiting Guangzhou was to photograph the new Opera House by the goddess of architecture, Zaha Hadid. It’s better then I imagined and there is so much more here in Guangzhou. Imagine a 200ft flat screen TV! Stay tuned.
To view entire Zaha Opera House series, visit http://www.behance.net/gallery/Zaha-Hadid-Guangzhou-Opera-House/1936461
National Centre for Performing Arts (China)
The National Centre for Performing Arts (China) is probably one of the most photographed contemporary buildings in Beijing and I’m sure you can see why. It’s beauty lies in it’s simplicity and to me references the Ying and Yang. The building is an ellipsoid dome of titanium and glass surrounded by an artificial lake. For my photograph, I waited for the full moon to appear and position itself in harmony with the structure which was designed by French architect Paul Andreu.
Canada Post - Art Deco stamp series
One winter morning last year I was tossing the idea around in my head to create a custom postage stamp to include on a promotional postcard via www.picturepostage.ca
I swear to God, it was that afternoon that I got a call from Ivan Novotny, a designer at Taylor Sprules Corp. in Toronto and he asked me if I would be interested in photographing a building for an Art Deco stamp series he was working on for Canada Post.
I love that. I call it “day dream marketing”. It doesn’t cost a penny. Dream it up and it will come.
Not sure who took the other sweet photos in the series. Mine is the one on the bottom of the Dominion Building in Regina, SK.
Stamp goes on sale June 9th. Why not start a collection?
This five-stamp issue celebrating the details of the Art Déco period features five prominent Canadian structures: The Burrard Bridge (Vancouver) R. C. Harris Water Treatment Plant (Toronto), Maison Cormier (Montréal), the Supreme Court of Canada building (Ottawa), the Dominion Building (Regina).
*KG architectural world tour (china) invites
49 exclusive invitational letters were sent to my “architectural dream clients” announcing the first phase (China) of the *KG Architectural Photography World Tour. I am confident this project will be a great success for all involved as it is one built on passion, creativity, sincerity + integrity mixed with a touch of adventure.
Here is a time-lapse of the final prep. Enjoy!
*KG Architectural Photography World Tour - Phase 1 - China
Beginning with China in June of 2011, I will be embarking on a tour to photograph the most impressive architectural projects around the world. For more info click here.
Please feel free to email me your suggestions of buildings or engineering projects you think I must photograph in Shanghai, Beijing, Guangzhou, Hong Kong or other. Questions and suggestions re. this project are welcome and appreciated.
Photography Monthly - Full article released
I was given the approval to release the pdf of Photography Monthly feature. Check it out here.
