Donna's View's photostream  

I'm a former art teacher, an erstwhile writer of poetry, a church secretary, a wife and mom of two grown children. I've been interested in photography ever since someone allowed me to experiment in my high school's dark room with developing black and white film, and was inspired by the photographs my parents matted and displayed of their around-the-world travels. My first camera was a Kodak Instamatic :) and I've been very happy with my two Kodak digitals (a Z740 and a 550), but I've been wanting to get back to an SLR. So, I'm now an enthusiastic owner of a Nikon D60.

I joined Flickr in Feb07, so there are some favorite older photos going back to '01 and beyond interspersed among the recent.

The Moment

Quick, clouds are not anchored
to earth or rock, they are moored
to the wind. They shift and yaw
at the whim of the air's tide
and you have to be ready to hook
the moment. Some - the instant
lovers snare with a glance,
a baby's first lurch for safety
net arms, when stars are birthed
and die in the ocean of emptiness -
happen but once. So, settle in,
be camera-ready
or miss the shot forever.

Donna Smith, April 2007