Hi! ft> But, you know what? As much fun as I get from it, I think it goes way ft> deeper than that for me. I'm going to sound all stupid and pretentious now, ft> but you know what? Photography is my form of self-expression. So over the ft> last number of years, it goes way beyond fun. It's almost (but not quite) ft> an obsession. I no longer carry a camera because it's fun, but because I ft> have to. Not in a weird sort of "I'd panic if I ever left the house without ft> my camera" sort of way, but in a "I get a lot of self-fulfillment by ft> recording some of the world around me" sort of way.
No, you did not sound "all stupid and pretentious"... Not that I have to take my camera with me always, but almost always on weekends... Sometimes, I feel like you do. Not too often, but sometimes I do. I must say that my previous serious hobby was PDAs. It lasted some 4 years or so and I was very good in knowing why one OS is better than some other OS given some conditions. Also I got some good friends through some web-communities. But then I kind of returned to photography and, man, I feel wonderful... So if they start throwing whatever it is customary to throw in such a case, they'd have two targets <g>... Cheers! P.S. Thumbs up to J.C. for starting this thread.
