It's never the picture you think it'll be.
I've been dabbling on the new Bluesky social media network, where I've found two things—no ads, and a lot less misinformation and blatant political lies (probably because it's open-sourced and not controlled by some ego-maniacal billionaire). I have no idea no long either of those will last, but for now, it's nice.
As is number of people who are photographers or dabble in the art...like me.
I've received nice, supportive comments on many of the pictures I've posted, but there was one in particular that seemed to take off (and was, in fact, reposted by some REAL photographers). It was a picture I took a decade or so ago out at a piece of property on the Chocolay River my parents owned at the time.
This picture--
With it I wrote a line or two about how I'm a city mouse by nature, but when you have the chance to take a shot like this you take it. I don't know if it was the subject of the shot or if what I wrote resonated with other urban-based photography enthusiasts, but it did.
And I have no idea why. Maybe one of these days I'll actually figure it out. I mean, I wouldn't hold my breathe waiting, but you never know, right?
8-)
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Finally, I need to note the passing of an old co-worker earlier this week. You probably didn't know Larry Blanford; for my first couple of decades here he was our engineer. He was the one who fixed things when we broke them (and in those days we broke a lot). Like all broadcast engineers, Larry was a different breed...but in the best way. In fact, I still (to this day) use a Larry quote whenever I'm working on something and need to put a part or piece down and wonder where I should place it.
That quote? “Put it on the floor. Nothing ever falls off the floor”.
Larry Blanford was, in his unique way, a very wise man. Our condolences and best wishes go out to his family.
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