Ten Years!
Today marks ten years to the day that I sent out my first photography blog post! On December 4, 2013 I created my (then) new website and sent out the first blog post from a trip I did to Joshua Tree National Park. I didn't have any grand aspirations. I wasn't looking to build an audience of thousands. I just wanted a better way of sending out occasional photographs to a handful of friends.
And over time, I used the monthly blog post as a way to force me to create more photographs locally, rather than only when I traveled to National Parks or other far away places. And for many years it worked... Each month, I would wander around nearby places and see things in a fresh way and create a meaningful photograph. I still did great trips to National Parks. But I also did more photographic work locally.
And then I retired. And somehow became even busier than when I was working! My photography has suffered a little... I don't devote nearly as much time to creating images as I did in the past. But, things ebb and flow and I'm sure I'll find a way soon to balance photography with all the other things we're doing.
The image above is from a recent trip to Glacier and Banff National Parks. It's also a complete lie and fake. No, not the color of the water. It truly was that magical shade of brilliant blue-green. But the peaceful and remote feeling you get looking at the image is a complete lie. For anyone who has ever been to Lake Louise in Banff NP, you know that I was surrounded by hundreds of tourists, babies in strollers, teens taking selfies for Tik Tok, a chinese choir group singing on the south shore... with a five star resort right behind me. It's a beautiful sight to see... but I prefer much quieter places!
Thanks for sticking around these last ten years. And to ten more!