Over 5 years ago, I purchased my first DSLR and started posting a picture every weekday, in preparation for a trip to Barcelona, Spain. I soon expanded to every day, weekends included, and became more versatile in my shots. I purchased a 50mm macro lens, a medium zoom, a wide angle, a fast 50mm, and a 70-200 telephoto. I’ve sold off some of those lenses over the years, and upgraded my camera from a D70 to a D200. I think I’ve come a long way in the journey.

The important part to me, however, is that I am now a photographer. That’s part of who my friends know me as – someone who can pick up a chunk of precision machinery and produce something that (at times) is hard to tell from Real Art. I’ve always claimed “If I can do it, it’s not art.” That is less and less true these days. I’ve posted over 2000 pictures to my blog, most better than the ones that came before them.

It means I take less and less time for my writing (over the years), as does my work for Shufflegazine, but I’m ok with that.

I Am A Photographer.