David C Laurie's photostream  

Well I think i need to update this.
The name is as the profile might suggest. I reached the milestone of 40 this year and hated the Idea of being 40 when i was younger all i really wanted to do was be 21 funny how that works out. It takes ages to get to 21 then the other side of that slope has been buttered. Anyway I have digressed.
I have made a lot of wrong choices in life and many, many mistakes some I am sorry for, some I put down to experience.
I suppose I Will make a load more before my time is through. I am married to a wonderful woman who tolerates me and my hyper-activity and have two kids who I don't fully understand sometimes.
(I now know how my parents felt)

Always looking for mischief and am considered cheeky by some and totally nuts by others. I got into photography as i needed an outlet to get away from the daily grind of being me.
I strap on my camera hit play on my Ipod and i can be someone/somewhere else for a while. I love the idea i can capture a moment then if i get it all wrong learn where it went wrong, But get it right and the world is a brighter place.
I love post processing and to the
"Oooooh I don't like photoshop brigade"
Behave if it comes off the camera good then great but is there any reason it cant be made better ?
Do you think in days of old there was no burning, dodging, and general monkeying with images at the processing stage to make them better.
Photography is about trying to capture a moment in time or is it really about art. Can there be such a thing as Purism in this digital age ?
My personal view is if i buy a hammer to pound nails then i am gonna pound nails... But the choice is there to use a nail-gun.
You decide but be forewarned i post very few un-processed images.
If you need an idea what i was thinking at any particular time dont ask me. I am hyper active and i cannot remember what why where what was the question again ?
Both a godsend and a curse... LOL

P.S
Please do not invite me to groups where narrowminded moderation wishes to vet posted images or invited image only groups.
It kind of deviates from the spirit of flickr and removes the need for me having learned to read and write. If it say's only a certain type of image then that is what i shall post. I have witnessed too many halfwitted moderators posting pish with no relevance to the group whatsoever and then trying to enforce their stupid rules by vetting others images.

P.s
If you visit an image please leave a comment ... good bad indifferent they all matter to me.