This is My First Time Blogging..!!!

Well, everyone this is my first time blogging. No, I blogged for the first time yesterday in my blog “What have I been working on lately.” So, this is my second time, but really first. Whatever..!!! I am not in here to share my private life, recipes, gossip or what I had for breakfast. I am here to chat about my passion, Photography. Now that is what I eat, sleep, drink and dream about. I will add an image or two every so often. I will talk about my OPPD ( Obsessive Post Processing Disorder), my very distaste for the bottom of the earth scum thieves who steal you digital images and about sharing what little knowledge I have in my 45+ years of photography. So steal my knowledge what little there is of that, but not my images. I am sure that most if not all photographers will agree with that. All photographers know the difficulties one goes through in getting an image. Travel, weather conditions, carrying equipment, buying equipment and post processing. I could go on. It really isn’t as easy as it looks. I know in sitting in the Gallery clients will come in and say” Oh I can do that with my point and shoot.” Grrrrrrr. And then when someone comes along with no effort or work and steals it online. Triple Bozo No No Buddy..!!!

Anyway. I love to get out there and photograph as well and get behind the computer and P.P. (That’s Post Processing to ya buddy). Some are against P.P. But I am very tolerant. Whatever the artist wants to do is up to him/her. If they want to underdo or overdo, so be it. If they like it, it’s ok. I do what pleases me and if the critics or my clients like it, so much the better. Agree of Disagree. That is what makes us all different photographers with different images. So much the better. We are all correct and at the same time all wrong. No one is perfect and no one has all the correct answers.

Someone or no one may ask who are my influences? Just about anyone and everyone. Most positive and some negative. If you check out my websites and 500px.com and all that other crap if you are curious you will learn more about me. I look at photo mags, webinars, Flickr and geez anyplace I can to learn everyday about photography. I need to keep learning. I am not yet were I want to be in photography, but I am much better than I was a year ago and In another year I hope to be better than I am now.

Until next post,

Crawf

San Simeon Pier