A few days back, when talking about camera clubs, I mentioned their emphasis on social conformity. Camera clubs also fuel another compulsion of photographers, the need for the latest and greatest equipment. This emphasis makes most photographic clubs equipment related and the art of photography is secondary.
I myself have said a thousand times, “if I only had this or that I could do better.” Yet out of the other side of my mouth I would say, “It is not in the equipment, It is learning to use what you have.” Yet after the loss of my desktop computer and all my photographic software the first of the week, I was going to abandon this blog.
During my pity-party I got reminded of the promise, God will supply all my needs. But, what about my blog? Well he promised my needs not my wants! So I set about reviewing what I have and suddenly realized God provides the images, so why should I even try to improve them. So starting with the image above, images will be straight out of the camera.
After an absence from doing photography on a regular basis I decided to do a-picture-a-day-for-a-year project. As a direction I am attempting to use modern images where possible to relate times in my photographic past. As I am no longer a spring chicken, I can get philosophical some times. As a Christian I often see God possibly using me and my photography to send short messages. I hope you enjoy these images as much as I have enjoyed making them around Monroe, NC. TheElmo
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the way God wants you and I to see it. As it is.
ReplyDeleteevery thing you see with your eyes, there is a story. Now we have been given the gift to find it if we don't see it the first time. Or enjoy it again!