loonatic's photostream

Internet dinosaur and dabbler in photography.

In a very distant past I once developed and printed my own b/w shots, but I much prefer the digital process. As a kid I used some point-'n-shoots. In 1999 I bought my first (analog) SLR and used a very crappy digital camera for the first time.
Four years ago I bought a DSLR.

Strictly an amateur in both the original sense of the word: love to 'work' with the camera and in the sense most people interpret it nowadays: passionate enough but not earning my daily bread money with it.

I guess I like shooting digital because I've been using computers for ages and let's face it: for the dabbler it offers affordable wealth: a rich set of opportunities and tools to experiment and learn.

I love seeing the world through the lens while traveling, walking around, experimenting.
While I admire a lot of people's work with uh well other people and portraits I myself am more inclined to capture scenes of nature and urbanalia. I guess part of this preference is based upon the more random nature that appeals me, as I feel it. Sometimes I set out with an idea of what to look for and end up with something altogether rather different, a process of organic inspiration I really like.

I rarely plan my photography activities as most of the times I'm not trying to get a point across. I shoot pictures because in my minds eye something stands out.
What I hope for to achieve is a sense of experiencing the daily wonders to be found and looking upon even the mundane with a renewed sense of wonder. Not unlike what a child might go through. "Joy is found in the little things", it is a tiresome cliche, but nonetheless rings with a lot of truth.
I like to be able to browse back and have an external memory device helping me with outlining my own fuzzier memories. In what I share I hope other people will recognize a thing of beauty, giggle at a goofy idea and/or share their experiences and constructive comments.