Thoughts about what else? Photography

I have been a photographer for a long time. I have had some very nice equipment. I have learned that it takes a lot more than nice equipment to get great photos. Through the years I have struggled to find some way to record what I am seeing in my head to the camera's film or memory card. It can be so simple but at the same time so infinitely complicated. These days with Photoshop, Lightroom, and all other software, not to mention all the digital camera's settings, it's even harder to keep pace with everyone. I recently decided to concentrate on the basics of exposure, composition, and lighting. I seem to learn something new every day. That's what I hope to do....get better every day. Photography is like golf....nobody will ever master it. Some people are very good, but nobody knows everything and every situation presents a new set of variables.

Almost every day and certainly every weekend I take my camera and go for a drive or walk. I try to concentrate on getting at least one good picture. I rarely get that picture. I am a harsh critic of my photos. I don't think most of them are worth posting on the net. I post a few here and there to see what others think. I love to hear what others think. Good or bad.

I get a lot of enjoyment from photography and hope to continue for the rest of my life to learn and hopefully get better. One day it would be very nice to pay the bills doing something I love. If not, I will keep doing what I love when I can and enjoy every minute I have doing something I love.

These are my thoughts of the day. Not really anything ground-breaking here and I know I talk a lot about photography and computers, but it's what I love. I want to be able to read this in a year and see what I was thinking at this time.

Here's a picture of an amazing sunset about a week ago from my house.