Why do I take photos?

I enjoy taking photos....I love the click of the camera.  I love the thinking behind the composition.  I like to think about light and exposure.  It provides a creative outlet for me. It provides a way of capturing memories; memories that preserve a moment that somehow touched me enough to capture an image.

Why do I take photos?

I enjoy going out and seeing the world.  Taking photos allows me to see the world in a distinctive way, with my eye, at that moment in time.

Why do I take photos?

I love collecting memories that in the moment mattered to me.

For instance, today.  I was thinking about writing a totally different blog posting.  Something about several different images and how I saw the image and processed it to match what I saw.  AND THEN...

The light in the kitchen was at the golden hour.  I had just poured a beer in a glass that I put in a trip a couple of years ago to Transylvania, in the town where the mighty Dracula was born.  The restaurant that we ate a couple of meals at was just down the street.  We had such a great time that we bought a couple of beer mugs each.  And, this afternoon, I decided to use one of them.

As I poured the beer, the light was shining through the glass.  The reflection encompassed some of the Romanian words that are on the beer mug.  I looked above and saw a wonderful spectacle to my eyes and knew the moment in light would be empheral.  I grabbed my camera.  Took several shots.  Got a chair so I could be above the beer mug.  And here is the shot!

Eighth Week: From Above, My Transylvania Beer Mug and Clone on the lower right edge So, this helps to explain why I take photos....memories, a flash of light, an interesting angle, and a heart in the middle of the beer stein!