KICKING OFF MY BLOG

Two of my favorite hobbies are photography and writing.  So I guess having a blog makes sense from that standpoint.  But I never gave writing a blog much thought until I needed to set up a photo sharing site.  This winter I was asked to take pictures of the high school girls basketball team and post them to share with the parents.  A little research led me to choose the Pixieset site but I needed a website to sign up.  My solution? Set up a blog site.  And that is the genesis of this blog.

This blog site has sat without entries for a couple months.  Why?  Well, I was a little reluctant to get started blogging until I had a better idea of what I wanted to say.  Then I got busy taking pictures at the games and ….  Okay, Okay. Enough with excuses. I’ve finally decided it is time to start posting my pictures along with my thoughts and experiences with photography.

My first serious interest in photography started in the mid-1970s when I bought a Canon FTb SLR all manual film camera.  I enjoyed it for many years until I got tired of the shutter breaking.  The all-manual camera gave me a good understanding of exposure settings and adjustments within the limits of the camera. 

After several years using different cameras, I purchased a Canon Rebel XTi kit as an economical way to get into digital photography.  That camera served me well until I dropped it and broke the lens.  Eventually I replaced it with my current camera, a Canon 70D and took a couple classes to improve my craft. 

Throughout the years, I have accumulated many photos from snapshots up through serious shots.  Family events, sports, landscapes, and wildlife are my most common collections.  This blog will be used to show some of the better pictures and, in some cases, write a little about the picture or its subject.