A big shout out to my friend Gerhard, whom I haven't seen or heard from since April. Mostly my fault really... but wanted to say hi and wow... I can't believe I found you.
How did I find him?
I checked google and found his email on a random website. Amazing. The power of the internet. I'm actually curious now... wonder what I will find if I searched my name on the web? Hmmmm...
Anyway, gotta figure out how to upload my pictures on the internet. I actually have a portfolio of some REALLY REALLY amateur pix... but they're mine and I get to put them up and say I took them :p Am by no means Ansel Adams (but I really didn't think his pix were so hot anyway). The best part about having your own pix is that you get to tell the story behind it. The why and the how. The beauty of photgraphy is not in the angle or the craft, I think, but it's intricate and absolute link to reality. You are capturing reality and a part of history never to be repeated. How you decide to take the picture presents your interpretation of that reality at that very moment and says something about what you are thinking at that very moment. Reality maps itself onto the film and you map yourself onto reality.
Cool huh?