Picture Perfect

As you know my time here at Causticity’s Place has been limited. Recently, my creative juices have been leaning towards photography. I mentioned in a previous post a while back that I have two mentors to thank for this. Dorman over at Sisyphus Today and my father-in-law. I’ve been interested in photography since I was a teen. I found it difficult to immerse myself in this hobby using a film camera, but with the advent of the digital camera, it has become easy to obtain that instant gratification most of us crave. I currently use a point and shoot Sony DSC-H1, but hope to graduate to a DSLR at some point.
It must be a photographer thing, but if you asked each one of us, we do not feel our work is that great. Others seem to differ. The photos that Dorman and my father-in-law capture are wonderful. Everyone that has seen my photos has said I take good pictures. I wonder to myself; are they just being nice or is my work actually pretty decent? Only time will tell I guess. My wife & I had watched the John Adams series on HBO which has rekindled an interest in American History in the both of us. We’ve traveled to Philadelphia and taken pictures around the Old City area and most recently attended a Revolutionary War Reenactment at the Daniel Boone Homestead in our hometown of Birdsboro, Pa. Each Spring, we pick a project around the house to work on. This helps boost our floundering economy by spending our hard earned tax refund 😉 This year’s project was our bedroom. New paint, crown molding and refinished hardwood floors (as I write this), have left us with a blank canvas so to speak. So I’ve done something I thought I would never do, I’ve taken the next step of printing & framing a few of my photos. Some of the photos from the above events, will soon adorn the walls of our bedroom. I can only hope to create a comfy abode.
Dorman has also taken a pretty big step as well. He has taken his passion for photography and opened his very own photography business Die Strafbar Photography! You can leave him comments on the Photo Discussion page, click prints to purchase some of his work or contact him to set up a photo shoot. That’s the shameless plug for my buddy & here’s mine; please visit my photo site by clicking on the Flickr widget on the right side of my page & feel free to leave any comments or criticisms. Remember to respect our work and if you’d like to utilize any of our photos, just ask.