AJL in Chicago's photostream  

I've gone through 3 cameras in about 5 years, all simple point and shoot digital ones. Some of these shots have interesting subjects, and some I've had to create the interest. I used to pride myself on not editing or altering the 'reality' of a situation much, but that was before I realized how much fun it is! So I'm growing, changing, and learning.


5-1-9: Leaving Chicago to take care of my father in McAllen Texas. Hope there's fun stuff to shoot down there!

8-23-2009: I'm back in Chicago, happily. Sadly, my father has passed. I have learned to love my Flickr Community for the support and kindness they have shown me as I shared this difficult time with them in my photos.

December 2009: Just got a Canon EOS7D. Very excited, very happy and I'm loving post processing! Learning curve: HUGE...willingness to learn: Enormous.

3-16-2011: Did I mention something about ‘I’m growing and changing’? Well…reminders of that are all around me.

I used to be a purist. ‘If it doesn’t look like the scene did, I don’t want to be part of the photo’. Until I started to play around. Now I love things that look nothing like the reality they once started as. Funny how we flip flop, become what we think we hate…like we’re drawn to the ‘other side’.

“You can’t like or dislike a trait in another person unless you also have that same trait and like or dislike it about yourself. The difference is, it’s easier to recognize in someone else.”