Perhaps it's a maudlin Merlot mood, but I've been struck by two recent
events. Just last evening I was watching on TV, once again, the pain of
those whose lives were devastated by Katrina. So often, the one thing
people strove to save, and felt so deeply if they couldn't, were the
photographs that chronicled their lives. This was also recognized by a
noted US photographer in a magazine article.
Not long ago I was contacted by the daughter of an old and treasured
friend who passed away several years ago. She had no photographs of her
father (as a fly-fisher) to show his grandson. As I write this my
scanner is preparing a twenty-photograph series for an album.
Remember that what you have captured with your camera, while perhaps of
only passing interest to you, may be of immense value to someone else.
cheers,
Paul
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Paul Marriner
Outdoor Writing & Photography. Owner: Gale's End Press. Member: OWAA &
OWC.
Author of Stillwater Fly Fishing: Tools & Tactics, How to Choose & Use
Fly-tying Thread, Modern Atlantic Salmon Flies, Miramichi River Journal,
Ausable River Journal, and Atlantic Salmon.
