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Arthur Joseph Also Coaches James Bond Actors

I’d mentioned world renown voice coach Arthur Joseph originator of Vocal Awareness in previous posts. Do you know that he also coached James Bond 007 actors Sean Connery and Pierce Brosnan? I believe he also helped Pierce Brosnan to develop his singing voice for his role in Mama Mia.

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Arthur Joseph Coaches Dog Whisperer Cesar Milan

During the teleseminar session yesterday, I learned that one recent client of supremo voice coach Arthur Samuel Joseph is Cesar Milan, renown Dog Whisperer.

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Vocal Awareness with Arthur Joseph

It’s been a great day because I had the opportunity to participate in a teleseminar with Arthur Samuel Joseph. He is a wonderful voice coach. Here’s the link to his web site:

http://www.vocalawareness.com

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Magnificent Cover of Arrival of the Gods in Egypt

My August 4, 2008 post showed a picture of the magnificent front cover of Arrival of the Gods in Egypt.

Here’s a copy of the fantastic front cover of Arrival of the Gods in Egypt:

Arrival of the
Gods in Egypt
by
Carol
Chapman

Newest Title: Arrival of the Gods in Egypt — Carol Chapman

Here’s a picture of the marvelous back cover of Arrival of the Gods in Egypt.

Arrival of the Gods in Egypt
by
Carol Chapman
Back Cover

Praises for Arrival of the Gods in Egypt

I feel especially happy because I received a wonderful, encouraging testimonial for Arrival of the Gods in Egypt. The testimonial came from a woman who saw the book on the desk of a professional to whom I’d sent the book for inclusion in a catalog. The woman picked up the book, leafed through it, started to read it and (the professional told me) became totally enthralled.

Because this is a woman who returns books, the professional allowed the woman to borrow the book. The next day, the professional received a telephone call. The woman said she couldn’t put the book down. She stayed up all night reading it.

She said that she loved Arrival of the Gods in Egypt. She loved the story. She loved the writing style . . . everything! She especially loved that the book started in our world and then took the reader to exotic places where wonderful things were happening.

Authors need encouragement. It sure did make my day.

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My New Book, Arrival of the Gods in Egypt, is Here!

I’m pretty happy today because my new book, Arrival of the Gods in Egypt, arrived a couple of days ago. It looks gorgeous! The cover is fantastic! I really love the back cover too.

Arrival of the Gods in Egypt is a true story describing a search for evidence of Atlantis in Egypt at the time when apparitions of the Virgin Mary are appearing in a town out-of-bounds to foreigners.

Carol Chapman

Your Photographs Don’t Have to Be Perfect to Be Wonderful

Sometimes, a photograph is improved through parts of it being out of focus.

For example, take a look at the Edgar Cayce 2009 Calendar again. For the month of May, you’ll see one of the cutest photographs in this calendar. I love it. The image shows a lightning bug (firefly) peaking over the edge of a magnolia flower petal.

The lightning bug and the leaf on which it sits are both beautifully in focus. However, all the petals behind the bug are out of focus. If they were in focus, the crisp lines and detail in the petal surfaces would detract from the lightning bug.

I love this picture. Paradoxically, it is made better by being less than perfect.

Here’s the inspirational quote from Edgar Cayce that goes with that month:

“For he that would be the greatest is the servant of the meekest, the lowliest of His children. Then the Knowledge of God constrain thee in that that the DOING, the being of a channel, is thy opportunity for the SHOWING of thy appreciation, of that love, for His blessings to thee.” Edgar Cayce Reading 262-98

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Dynamic Photography for Inspirational Quotes

To create the photographs in the Edgar Cayce 2009 Calendar, I needed to use many photography techniques because I wanted to, as beautifully as possible, illustrate the inspirational quotes from America’s great psychic Edgar Cayce.

When I went to photography school, we were taught to “bracket the exposure,” meaning that we should vary the light intensity of the photograph from darker to lighter.

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Bracketing the exposure is relatively easy with a film camera. You only have to change the exposure or the f-stop. With digital photography, it requires fooling the automatic exposure meter.

To do that, just center the screen of your digital camera on a dark area of the scene you are photographing to make a light photograph. For a dark photograph, center the screen of your digital camera on a light part of the scene you are photographing.

For example, to create the dynamic intense colors in the sunrise photograph used to illustrate the month of January in the 2009 Edgar Cayce Calendar, I centered the camera viewing screen on the rising sun. This made the photograph darker. Many other photographs I took that morning looked lighter because I centered the camera viewing screen on the dark trees.

Here’s the lovely inspirational quotation from Edgar Cayce that goes with that lovely photograph:

“For you may breathe it [nature] into thine own soul, as you would a sunset or a morning sun rising. And see that sometimes – it’s as pretty as the sunset!” Edgar Cayce Reading 3374-1*

Photography Advice: Take a Slew of Photographs

Slew: A large amount of something (Webster’s Dictionary)

When I studied photography and filmmaking at Ryerson in Toronto, Canada, my professors always reminded us that “film is cheap.” Of course, today, most of us use a digital camera rather than film. With a digital camera, after you buy the media card, you can take endless numbers of photographs.

I drove around Mount Reiner National Park. As I drove, I kept looking for a place where the mountain had a looming feel to it. When I came to the place, I knew it was right.

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After finding the right place to take the photograph of Mount Reiner that became the February photograph in the Edgar Cayce Divine in Nature 2008 Calendar, I took a slew of photographs.

Some of the reasons I regularly take a slew:

The image is often changing, in the case of the Mount Reiner photograph described above, the mist over the mountain constantly changed dramatically altering the photograph
Especially in nature photography, I often don’t notice something magnificent like a hawk flying overhead (Please see the December photograph in the Edgar Cayce 2009 Calendar. If I take many photographs and examine them carefully afterward, I may discover something wonderful.
It’s good to vary the image changing the angle, from the right, from the left, higher, lower, zoomed in, wide angle, etc.
When I went to photography school, we were taught to “bracket the exposure,” meaning that we should vary the light intensity of the photograph from darker to lighter.

How I Really Take My Photographs

To tell you the truth, when I’m taking my photographs, I’m not the analytical type. It’s only after I look at the images I’ve photographed that I can analyze them.

On the other hand, at the time of taking the photographs, it’s all about feeling for me – whether it feels right.

Actually, the way I really take my photographs, feels more of an intuitive experience. Sometimes, it almost feels like I’m receiving spiritual guidance or having a psychic experience.

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For example, when I took the photograph for the month of February in the 2008 Edgar Cayce Divine in Nature Calendar, I did not analyze the type of photograph I wanted by saying, “I need something in the foreground so the mountain does not look so flat.”

Au contraire, I had a feeling of what I wanted. I knew that in many photographs of mountains the mountains looked tiny and flat. It mystified me that a mountain can be huge but in many photographs it looks and feels tiny. Because of this, I knew what I did not want. However, I did not know how or where I was going to get what I wanted – a photograph of Mount Reiner that conveyed a powerful intense feeling.

Therefore, I drove around Mount Reiner National Park. As I drove, I kept looking for a place where the mountain had a looming feel to it. When I came to the place, I knew it was right. I felt it. That’s why it feels like a psychic or spiritual experience to me. The knowingness defies logic.