Useful Guides
These are some guides I have created and continually revised through the years. They are for my own personal use, but I have made them available here “for entertainment purposes”, as the lawyers say.
Documents are provided in 2 sizes:
- Letter-size for people in the U.S. and Canada
- A4-size for people in all other countries
Photography
95% of what you need to understand to take professional-quality photographs. Amazingly easy-to-use reference guide.
Photography
Pocket Cards
Print the file, cut out the cards, and laminate them. You can keep the cards in your shirt pocket when you are out with your camera. ….No need to try to memorize all the photography guidelines. Use these cards instead.
Keep your camera and lenses clean. The process isn’t difficult and does not require expensive items.
Follow my simple cleaning process every time you finish one of your photo shoot adventures.
Almost all the beautiful and amazing photos you see in professional media were processed in photo editors. Taking a great photograph isn’t all that hard — only a handful of basic principles such as subject framing. And a big expensive “professional” camera is not at all necessary! The secret is in the photo editing.
Food and Nutrition
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The information in this guide is the result of hundreds of hours of reading over several decades. It has been revised many times to keep up to date with the latest science-based understandings.
You must get high amounts of nutrients into your body every day in order to have energy and stay healthy over the long term. Common foods are depleted of nutrients, so this is difficult. Drinking a daily nutri blast is the simplest way.
For peak nutritional intake, supplementing your food is necessary — vitamins, minerals, antioxidants, etc. This guide shows what supplements to focus on depending on individual needs….it is not intended that a person should take all the supplements shown in this guide.
The topic of necessary protein intake has been studied extensively, but there is still a lack of clarity. This guide provides some general rules to apply, but the rules should not be dogmatically applied. Always “listen to” your body and adjust your intake based on your body’s response.
Fasting is necessary for peak health and to prevent chronic illnesses — something all pre-modern cultures understood before the advent of chemical-based sugar coating of disease symptoms with pharmaceuticals. This guide outlines excellent fasting methods, some of which have been well researched for their myriad benefits.
Exercise
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This guide concisely presents the basic kinds of exericse. Together, these forms of exericse form a complete foundation.
This guide lists the Maintenance and Supplemental exercises that form the core of the Exercise Guidelines. You can use this guide on a daily basis to keep track of each exerice and the number of repetitions you are engaging in.
Priming Exercise is the category of exercise needed to “wake up” and prepare your body for a day of work and for more intense exercise such as sports or weight training.
Deep breathing exercises expand the chest cavity (good for internal organs) and increase oxygen in the body.
Illness Prevention and Cure
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I use this system for dealing with my own body. It is based on information and understandings from diverse sources. This is a nice combination of traditional wisdom and modern impirical research.
This guide lists ‘things’ that may treat and prevent various common ailments. Use this guide by finding a particular ailment in it and looking into the ‘things’ listed for it. Note that preventing and curing ailments is different for each person — what works, how much of a remedy to take and how to take it, etc.
Essential Oils
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Essential oils (herbal oils) have been used for thousands of years across the world’s diverse cultures. They contain hundreds of phytocompounds, many of which have been empirically researched in the last few decades.
Essential oils are most powerful when combined. This guide presents some common mixes used for specific purposes.
