Why Nature?

Why Nature?  Why not people?  Well honestly people can be a pain and it takes a special photographer to capture people properly.  Can I do it?  Sure, but I am rusty as hell and prefer to just see things and snap them.  On my time not someone else's.  If I had a studio set up and a good client base sure I would try it, but that's more equipment than I own and than I can afford right now and again on others time not mine.

I find shooting nature relaxing and exciting at the same time.  I love walking and seeing what I see, how to frame it, how to expose it, flash or no flash?  All while enjoying the outdoors and getting exercise.  Nature is inspiring just by being and most people walk right by or drive by and never get to see what she offers.  I am always looking and man the times I pull off the road to capture things is insane (just like me ;-) ).

 The walking and seeing are relaxing but getting home and seeing what I found is exciting.  I am like a kid at Christmas.  Opening all my 'gifts' and hoping to have got that one special gift, this year for S it was a pink camera, and for me it's a lens I am buying thanks to my frikes!  There is nothing like downloading and seeing what I really got, and then to cull the best of them and then start editing.  The cropping, the lighting, the refining.  Oh so much fun!  Can you tell I am excited about my work, so much so it doesn't feel like work which is AWESOME!!!