Weight of the World (by The Samples)

The first week of online seminary has proven to be manageable yet stressful. For the most part, it seems as though there are enough small chunks each week that I ought to be able to stay ahead of the game and keep my head above water. However, I get the distinct feeling that it's a lot more complicated than I'm realizing and there are some significant factors that I'm missing. This uncertainty, mixed with the confusion of trying to understand the overall structure of doing a degree online, is causing a fair amount of stress. I understand that I'm less than a week into my current educational experience, but balancing work, school, photography, relationships, sleep, exercise, and social life is already proving to be a trick I don't think I'm as good as as I once was.

One of the things I've been intentional about is trying to find key people to help keep me in check and on task without "coming down on me" if I begin to slide. That's a difficult balancing act in and of itself. I hope I have the discipline to keep from falling into my typical procrastinating ways.

On a totally separate note, I have another headache that I'm going to try to turn into an opportunity for the readers of this blog (the few that remain). I'm trying to find a label to put on my photos and, ultimately, a website I'd like to design. "Jeff Anderson Photography" is just WAY too generic for my taste. Besides, there are more Jeff Anderson's out there than I care to admit. My main focus is travel photography, but I'm attempting to venture into portrait-style photography as well. I thought of using my middle name and came up with GroundsEffect Photography, but it's been pointed out to me that, especially if you don't know my middle name, it just looks like bad grammar. So this is where you all come in:

I'm going to attempt a competition here where I'm requesting submission of name ideas for me. You can give as many suggestions as you'd like. I'm looking for something that is unique, creative, applicable to my photography, and clearly "Jeff Anderson". Whomever comes up with a name that I decide to go with will be able to choose one of my photos and I'll print and frame it for you. You can choose the size of the print, but you'll have to keep into account the type of camera that was used and the number of pixels of that given camera. If it's from my smaller camera, the prints will lose their detail around 8x10. The photos from my newer camera can potentially be larger if you choose one of those.

I hope this makes sense and I hope I get some response/interest. Now get your creative juices flowing and let me hear what you've got!