Darryl Brooks
I am a writer with over 16 years of experience and hundreds of articles. I write about photography, productivity, life skills, money management and much more.
In Photography, What is White Balance?
White balance is the adjustment of color cast in degrees Kelvin, from, for instance, tungsten, to obtain natural-looking colors in the 5,000K range.
Darryl BrooksPublished about 23 hours ago in Photography
How to Create a Killer Headline that Hooks Readers
I’m going to go out on a limb here and make an assumption. It’s possible that you are writing only for your own personal amusement or self-awareness. That’s called a diary. You don’t need to do that on a website or blogging platform. In fact, you probably don’t want to. Otherwise, eventually, somebody will read about how you did that thing with that other thing.
Darryl BrooksPublished 2 days ago in Journal
The Only Self-Help Advice You Will Ever Need
I remember back when they had things called bookstores. I would wander through, gaze at the different genres and be amazed at how many books there would be on a single subject. There might be twenty books about alpaca farming. How did anyone ever sell the second book about alpaca farming? Was there anything new to learn?
Darryl BrooksPublished 3 days ago in Motivation
If Something Happens, Our Last Words Will Be, “I Love You”
In my early twenties, I worked construction for a while for a company that traveled the southeast building fast-food joints. For a while, the boss booked us two to a room (hopefully with twin beds). I was on one crew for a few months and roomed with this guy named Doug. He was a newlywed and every night, after we got in bed and turned out the lights, he said, “I love you, Mary.”
Darryl BrooksPublished 4 days ago in Humans
What Will You Do When This Is Over?
There are a lot of things most of us haven’t done for a while; get a haircut, go out to dinner, go to the movies. And as they relax quarantines and people get back out into the world, many of us will rush to do things we have missed for weeks, if not months.
Darryl BrooksPublished 5 days ago in Longevity
How to Go From Being a Writer to Being a Highly Successful Writer
There are plenty of articles out there on how to be a successful writer. Write. Read. Study. Repeat. All of that is important, and I did that for years. I have been fairly successful. I’ve sold hundreds of articles through various sites and agencies.
Darryl BrooksPublished 6 days ago in Journal
In Photography, What is Auto ISO?
As I have explained in other articles, ISO is part of the exposure triangle which determines how bright or dark your image is. If you haven’t read those, there are links at the end of this article, but read on.
Darryl BrooksPublished 7 days ago in Photography
How to Prepare to Get More Things Done
In the American south, there is a colloquialism; fixing, usually pronounced without the G sound, as in fixin’. It means you are about to do something. Some people mistake it for a synonym of preparing, but it is more of preparing to prepare. You are about to do something, but you have done nothing yet. Or, as they would say, you ain’t done nothing yet. I’m fixin’ to cook dinner. I’m fixin’ to go to the store.
Darryl BrooksPublished 8 days ago in Journal
