C Solomon Holmes' photostream

I can’t paint nor can I draw. I have vision but my hand cannot translate what is in my minds eye. I know this to be true much to my chagrin. Every time I stray, the camera always takes me back. Its ability to translate is tried and true.

It is a gradual process. It still has many secrets and a multitude of surprises. It challenges just as much as it rewards. The gratification is near instantaneous and often short-lived with the realization that if the subject were captured in a different way, the result would yield a much better result. When the realization comes after the subject is no longer accessible, a lesson and a knew bit of knowledge may be the only thing that is captured.

Perhaps the taking of a photograph is but a metaphor for life in that more often than not, you only get one chance.