robert hold photography

how do we define happiness? do we define it by our actions, who we associate with, what we do, what we give or receive, or what and where we go to in life?

I am beginning to wonder about this… how do I need to define happiness and what, who, where makes me happy, and the why and how behind it…

the second divorce I have gone through has definitely given me much, so much, to think about and process… here’s to the pursuit of that desired answer and the journey that goes with it.

ok peeps…. please reblog this if you’d like to get some incentive goodness….

This is the 20% off coupon for my website — RHPTMBLR01 — I will provide a free 20x30 print of your choice from my site or from my deviantart page when this has reached 30 reblogs…

Here’s the incentive on this… the free print will be signed and numbered.  Once I number a print, it’s shelf life starts to expire and there’s a handful of prints that I’ve numbered and those will soon be gone to the ether.

Now the fine print… the way you get the free 20x30 is below:

1: sign up as a customer/client to my website

2: message me your tumblr, follow me, reblog this post

3: tell me what your favorite photo is and/or what kind of photo you’d most like to see on my website and why

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4: purchase any print for sale (digital downloads are acceptable too) from my site

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5: give me a damned good idea to work with for a photo series to put on my website… a really good one that stirs the pot of inspiration… and you get a free print.

that’s it… it’s not that hard…   I don’t expect everyone to do this but if they do… damn… that’s a lot of free prints to go out the door…

I have a gift…. I have a coupon for 20% off on any print for sale on my website… this covers the total sale, including digital downloads…

coupon— RHPTMBLR01

Go to www.roberthold.com and look at what I have up… decide if there is a print you must have… and buy it… if there isn’t anything you like… I am willing to do commissioned work… leave me a note and I’ll work on it.

— R

for my life at the moment, being medicated is just another annoyance…  I have been dealing with chronic severe back and neck pain for the past 3 years and have seen doctors from the civilian sector and from the Veterans Affairs Medical Center here in Dallas, TX.  out of all the docs I have seen, it’s taken seeing a VAMC doc to get acupuncture to start getting relief.  until my treatments alter the amount of pain I deal with on a daily basis, I am having to pop pills for relief.

so… here I am, 3:30am (0330 for the rest of the world) and I’ve been up for an hour thanks to my meds, not because I am in pain again, because the combination of medication I take gives me a compressed 8 hours of rest inside of 4-5 hours… this makes life interesting when I don’t have to be out the door for work for another 3-4 hours…  so… besides this post… I will be sharing a few photos this morning and seeing what points of inspiration that I can create more with…