A few posts back I wrote on the subject of sharing my pictures.  It has caused me to remember those days before the internet, e-mail, cell phones etc.

Up until very recently I have always (since I was 19) been involved in some sort of professional or semi pro photography.  In other words my best images were being published in newspapers, magazines, books, brochures etc.  Other images were going into people’s wedding albums or maybe a high school yearbook.  People, even though they were people who I did not know, were viewing my photos.  Of course I made many pictures that were never used in any of those places.  I never shared any of those images.  Not even with friends or family, including my wife.  I simply waited for business success so I would know that people would see my pictures in print.  The only other real way to share pictures back then was to make prints, and carry them around and force people to look at them.  Awkward on many levels.  Of course I could  also lasso my friends and make them view slide shows of my work.

Since 1997 I have been able to share my non-published imagery via the internet.  I could place them on my website and other locations and people could come as they pleased to view them.  This changed the world for all of us who produce photography.  The bad news is that our imagery is out there with millions of other photographers.  The good news is it is out there and everyone can see them.   We can also send friends and family to view them at their own leisure.

While I have almost stopped making new images I will continue to share my older pictures and those occasional new shots for as long as I am able.  Creating images only to keep for myself is simply unthinkable to me.  “Sharing is the “second half” of the photographic process”  It is just as important as the creating of those pictures in the first place.

Happy sharing!

Below you will find some images that I have decided to share.

Covered With Pond Weed.  Female Ruddy Duck in Colorado.

Firestorm.  There is nothing like the abstract qualities of morning fog to create a powerful and surreal image.

Autumn Leaf Detail.  I have been mesmerized by nature’s detail ever since I bought my first macro equipment in the mid 1970s.  You could explore nature with a macro lens during every daylight hour of your life, and you would forever find new patterns and details. Bighorn Ram, South Dakota.

About Time You Got Home.  Osprey.

Dew Flower.

Spring In Door County, Wisconsin.

Among the physical issues that I whine about from time to time, are some that create problems in the brain.  No it’s not like I am crazy, it just causes some malfunctions in that organ.  One of those malfunctions is a touch of dyslexia.  Every time I write an article ( or email or anything) the first thing I have to do upon completion is go back over everything and “fix” all of those words that are partially reversed.  It is actually funny at times to see the words you create this way.  I guess the point is if my proof reading fails me occasionally please excuse those words which are affected.