Stuff Gets in the Way

So, I'm not a big blogger.  At least not yet.  And I'm not all that concerned about sentence structure, grammar or punctuation.  Sorry.

Not clear why I'm blogging now other than to explain to the very small audience that might check this site once in awhile why I haven't posted new photos until today.  Turns out, stuff gets in the way.  And, while I think my priorities were straight, I wish I'd had more time to shoot.

Sold the house our kids grew up in, bought a new down-sized place, did some remodeling, moved my mother-in-law to assisted living (unplanned and the week before our move), dealt with a sad death in the family, attended our daughter's grad school graduation, etc.  All over a three month period.  Important stuff.  But stuff.

For others, there might have been photo ops in there but I want to be outdoors, away from people.  So, not so much.

Turns out skills and memory fade too.  This isn't all second nature to me yet.  Have to relearn stuff.  That's probably true for anybody with a semi-dormant hobby.

And now life rebalances.  Priorities change.  I'm trying to get out.  Hope you looked at and liked some of the new pics.  My hobby is a giant work in progress.  Reps help.

Why photography?

So, a friend of mine was floating through my website looking to see if I'd posted anything new.  She noticed that my blog page was empty and asked why.  The honest answer?  I'm not sure I've got a stream of things worthy of anyone's ongoing interest. 

With that in mind, I'll steal someone else's thought for the moment because it seems like a good first post.

I met Bryan Hansel, a north shore photographer, at a class/seminar he held last spring.  He posted the following on Facebook.  It speaks to me perfectly.

"I ran across this quote from Galen Rowell. He succinctly sums up what photography means ...

'All photographers have something in common. When they take pictures they’re trying to answer that question ‘Who am I?’ You want to say, this is who I am by these photographs that are individual. You want to say, this is what I saw.'"

Yup.