Welcome to my new Photoblog!

   I have always had a love for taking pictures.Always had a passion for capturing the images I would see in the world around me.

  I remember my little camera that used 110 film back when I was child.I carried it around & snapped all sorts of things.I laugh when I look at those old childhood pictures.

  I always thought of my brothers as the talented ones.One could paint,draw,write,sew, & many other things.The other brother could write [with his Sci Fi themes], & is mechanically inclined.Looking through my family while doing genealogy research,I found various ancestors that were artistic in one form or another.

 I grew up wondering why I was left without an artistic bone in my body.When I met my husband in 1987,he had a Asahi Pentax K1000 [35mm] with 2 lenses.I found that camera fascinating.Remember,I had only used an old 110.

  I quickly started using it.Soon,I took over his camera;claimed it as my own.LOL!It took quite some time [years,unfortunately]before I realized that this camera could take photos more like what I was seeing in my mind’s eye when I looked at the world.

  Still,I wondered how so many artistic types could be in my family,yet it skipped me.Finally,my husband & my 2nd to oldest daughter,Brandy,started after me to “do something” with my photography.My photography?That baffled me.

 One day,I was looking at a photo I had taken of my youngest grandson,Ethan.A light bulb started flickering in my head.I really like this photo.It showed what I had saw in my mind’s eye.Brandy & Tim’s [my husband] comments came to mind….my photography.Hhmm,the light-bulb went on all the way.Photography is an art.My artist expression had always been trying to come through in my photographs.An artist expresses what he/she sees & feels,regardless of what others think of it.

  All my life I missed enjoying my passion because I was to busy trying to find the talent that I saw in everyone else.I realize now that artist come in so many forms.My form of expression is on film.Oh boy,has that passion been set afire!

  Here I sit,in my VERY late 30’s,a mom to 8, grandma to 5 & I feel like I finally know what I want to be when I grow up!I want to share with others what I see.Capture those images to enjoy later.Others may or may not like what I shoot.But,that’s okay.My photos are an expression of what I see & feel.Yet,if I make someone smile or touch someones heart with one of my photos,I feel accomplished.I guess for me that makes me feel like a “real photographer”.

Here’s the photo of my youngest grandson that made me realize photography was my artistic outlet.I know it is a bit heavy on the shadows.But,I like this photo:

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