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"For me, taking pictures is a soulful exercise ... photography is a way of disconnecting from daily life in a therapeutic way - trying to see the world from a different perspective. I don't take pictures for anyone but myself, but I reluctantly admit that it is nice to think that someone else might enjoy my photographs. In a sense, as someone once said, for me photography is essentially an exercise in trying to capture one's own shadow." MH

Please don't take offense but note that I will typically drop a contact who doesn't interact with me frequently in some way (make a comment on my photography, send me a Flickrmail etc., but PLEASE DO NOT send me the dreaded self-promotional Flickrmail that says "SO and SO wants you to see a photo" - links to someone else's photos are OK but I will block contacts that self-promote their own photos too much.) ... I truly enjoy the friends I have made on Flickr and I try and keep my contact list small so I can pay attention to their photography and comment on their work on a regular basis. If you haven't commented on my photography in my last 10 postings, which typically takes me several weeks or more, then expect to be dropped as a contact. I have found in my years that the old adage that "we reap what we sow" is profound wisdom indeed!





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__Cameras__

Leica IIIg Rangefinder
Sony Alpha 700
Minolta Maxxum 7D
Minolta Dimage A2
Minolta Dimage X
Minolta Maxxum 700si

I'm not a 'gearhead' ... the photographs that inspire me, make me weep or feel joy were almost always taken with a camera that is less capable than my own. Photography is not about cameras any more than painting is about brushes.

Addendum: If a person buys a camera we refer to them as a photographer; if a person buys a flute we say that they are a person who owns a flute ... hmmmh?

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Pet Peeves (ty Cole Thompson)

1. Nikon vs. Canon - who cares!

2. Digital vs. film - who cares even more!

3. Well meaning people who want to tell you how they would have created your image.

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I'm a proud resident of Keefer Lake, Ontario, Canada

"I am no longer a trophy hunter with a life-list of places to go. There is great beauty in my own backyard and I think learning to photograph the everyday and the ‘mundane’ will make you a better photographer than constantly trying to go to new and exotic locales. Depth comes from immersion and not from a shallow two week whirlwind tour. The best photographs I see are from people that immerse themselves into a location they love. I love Canada, I live in Canada and so I plan to photograph my country. Canada excites me as much as any foreign locale I have been to. Why not know your homeland?"
(Quote from Darwin Wiggett - a superb Canadian Landscape Photographer)

I agree with this sentiment wholeheartedly!

This is my "backyard" - actually, more correctly, I suppose it is my frontyard :)


























































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