About Richard- / Richard Wanderman  

I think flickr is a great community and I'm delighted to have met so many wonderful people here and I look forward to meeting more.

I've tried to get into the habit of tagging my images in case you're interested in seeing what camera and lens did what.

Notes on flickr's social tools
I'm always delighted and flattered when people comment on my photography and I try my best to acknowledge all comments. However, I don't do quid-pro-quo commenting. I comment on things I see and like. I don't comment on other people's work just because they comment on mine. I think that cheapens the culture of commenting and is in effect, gaming the system.

If you fav one of my images or add me as a contact but have no images available to me this to me seems to defeat the purpose of flickr which is sharing. I block people who do this, especially when they're faving yoga pictures which are generally of attractive women. Sorry guys, these women are my friends and if they knew...

I choose my contacts carefully. I'm flattered and delighted if you want to track my flickr photostream and make me a contact, however, I don't do quid-pro-quo contacts either. Many are phishing for thousands of contacts and since I track my close contacts daily, I don't want too much to look at.

Comments with dancing icons
As above, I'm delighted you like my work enough to comment on it but please consider not putting iconography in my comment threads, I find it distracting and frankly, I find many of the trophies and dancing cats in bad taste. I'm totally flattered that you find my work worthy of such attention, but I'd prefer it in text if possible. Thank you for considering this.

Competition
I don't do competitions, period. I don't join competitive groups and I hope I never feel the need to use flickr toys to post an array of whatever images of mine have "made" Explore. In my mind, that's not the spirit of photography nor should it be the spirit of flickr. More about that here.

I humbly put work out for others to look at, am always delighted when something I made is appreciated and even liked by others and that's enough for me. The spirit of my photographic process and competition just do not mix. So, if you invite me to a competitive group and I don't respond, it's not that I don't appreciate the attention, I do, it's just that I attempt to avoid competition.

My weblog, which discusses photography among other things is here: Richard's Notes.

Here is a list of My Camera Gear.

Thank you for reading this rambling bio, I wish you the best in your photography and on flickr.

I'm Male and Taken.

Richard's Notes
Warren, Connecticut, USA