Photography is fun, but she's a mistress who offers little in return for one's affection. Enjoy her delights but get on with your life.
Paul via phone > On Jan 11, 2015, at 2:50 PM, Eric Weir <[email protected]> wrote: > > Another message I intended to send back in late December. Again,still true. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > I do it with some trepidation, but if it’s going to be more than empty words > this is the place to start: In the coming year photography will be a highest > priority in my life, up there with eating and sleeping and being nice to my > lovely girl friend. > > I’ve done a fair bit of photography this year, more than any year ever. It’s > been fairly diverse—photo documentation of a youth development program, first > attempts at portraiture, fair bits of nature and sports photography. I carry > my camera with me all the time, but there are long gaps with no shooting at > all. And there are a couple types of photography that call out to > me—landscape and wildlife—that I have yet to seriously attempt. I have ideas > for a couple projects that would combine photography and writing. > > But there will have to be more than words. I will have to plan to go out of > my way—my usual way—and follow through on the plans. Having spoken here it’s > more likely that I will. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Eric Weir > Decatur, GA USA > [email protected] > > "You keep on learning and learning, and pretty soon > you learn something no one has learned before." > > - Richard Feynman > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Eric Weir > Decatur, GA USA > [email protected] > > "Imagining the other is a powerful antidote to fanaticism and hatred." > > - Amos Oz > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
