Old Retired Guy Blog
July 10, 2009
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PhotographyOne of the nice things about retirement is not having to go to work in the morning. Nicer still is having the time to delve more deeply into interests that have been sitting on the shelf for years. As many people know, in addition to traveling, camping, hiking, eating Italian food, making inane remarks, reading, listening to music, hugging my wife, singing, and playing my guitars, photography has been one of my interests for a long time. Taking pictures is quite fun. Having a camera around my neck makes me open my eyes wider and look around more intently. It makes me want to know and understand a place. But taking pictures -- looking through the viewfinder and pressing the shutter button -- is only the start; photography is much more than that. When I think I've captured a good image, deciding how I want to crop it, print it, and mount it are also important tasks. When I finally have a photograph that I like; then what? People who write stories or paint pictures don't want to put them in a box or stick them in a closet, they want to share them. In some ways we're just like little kids hollering, "Hey, Mom, look what I made!" When I have a photograph that I like I want to show it to my family and friends. Although I have quite a few photographs hanging on the walls in our house, space is limited and not everyone can easily get here to see them. Last winter I decided to create a separate website for my photographs. I know I should be facebooking, myspacing, or twittering about this, but I opted for an old-fashioned website like our forefathers used way back in the 20th century. There's no special significance to this other than it provides with an additional way to share my photography. If you're interested, it's called anderson viewpoint photographyand you can find it at http://www.andersonviewpoint.com. Please let me know what you think.
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