87: The Table at the Back of the Room

I have chased enough rabbits for now so back to the original story. After I moved to the coast I found a local photo supply store with a twist. Way in the back of the store was a table with all the necessary items for critiquing photographs. Starting around 10 on Saturday mornings many of the local photographers started stopping in for supplies and picking up slides. They all seemed to migrate back to the table where the group was willing and able to critique the images.

Around this “table in the back of the room” I did learn a little to help with my technique, but what I learned most was how to have a socially acceptable image. The key was the social acceptability and then the technique as long as the technique remained within the social guidelines.

It took me many years to overcome the social aspects and revert to what is true, and I now enjoy photography more that I ever have since I found the table in the back of the room.

The Table in the Back of the Room

I know some will get up in arms about my image selection of a religious Icon to illustrate a secular idea, but is that idea completely secular or might it have some relation to modern religion? Besides all that, is not our religion to go hand in hand with our everyday life?