One of my favorite ways to pass time is to just wander and see what I can find, or what I can see. Especially in a place I've never been before, I can usually find something to catch my eye, or something that I can use later. In the case of the sign, I found several images from the one sign, including this one.
I do a lot of camping and backpacking, and many of my images come from that. I've always felt very comfortable in nature, since that is where I can get away from the cell phone, the broken-down machines, the constant calls, etc. Instead, I can go to where I find new sights, and new insights.
I've always been an aviation fanatic. In fact, I've already declared that my "expensive retirement hobby" is going to be getting my private pilot's license. But that's not for many years. Until then, I'll still be faithfully attending our local airshow every year, where the Blue Angels regularly perform, along with plenty of other civilian and military acts. And I will most certainly keep photographing them. And yes, that is a plane landing on a platform on top of a moving van!
My style, as I've thought about it in the past, is found detail. I can and do create images "from scratch", but most often it is the detail I find around me that fascinates me the most. Seeing something different from everyone else is what I find exciting about photography. Creating my own point of view, and sharing that with everyone else, is what keeps me going as a photographer.
Walls. I look at them. A lot. The way light hits, and shadows are cast, can give an ordinary wall a character all it's own. I pretty much guarantee that I will be including plenty of wall images in my Photo a Day assignment. And maybe a window or two from time to time.
I never know what is going to catch my eye on a certain day. It might be an unusual spot on a leaf, or a particular way the clouds look after it rains. I've learned, however, it is usually worth the effort to stop and grab my camera and get the image.
I will be adding some random images, as I run across them on my computer, in the days leading up to the end of the year, and the start of my project.
I don't usually do a lot of editing on my photos. I prefer to do just what I could do in a "traditional darkroom", and I guess you could argue this could be done that way, with hand coloring. This image was kind of boring in color, but just screamed for this look. I've tried the chair in many different colors, from flaming red to a very sedate blue, but this one seemed to be just right.
This is the first "keeper" image I ever shot with my D-70, so this is the one I chose to open up with. I've always had a special feeling for this image, as it is the first one that helped me realize I am still a photographer, even though I hadn't shot for years at the time.
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