Reminiscent

I wanted to begin with a simple photo. This one wasn't even taken with an SLR...just my dad's Nikon point & shoot, out on Lake Trafford. But it captured the same emotion that first made me fall in love with photography. I took a photography class in college because I thought it would be interesting and a heck of a lot better than the silly general art classes they want you to take to meet requirements. But it really turned out to be so much more. As I was taking pictures for my first assignment, I searched for inspiration--something to define WHY I was out there snapping photos of random people, animals, places, things. It was a rainy, overcast day and we stopped at a little park & public boat ramp near Sharptown, MD. I walked out to the dock and was suddenly and quite surprisingly captivated by (of all things) the way the rainwater laid on the boards and how, when I knelt down and looked out to the end of the pier, there was this amazing perspective created. The reflection of the distant trees on the water of the river, the reflections of varying degrees of light on the pooled water on the walkway, and of course the pilings and how they perfectly lined up and seemed to get closer together the farther you looked, as if they were leading you somewhere, beckoning you to follow the path. Ever since that moment, I have found great peace in capturing what God has allowed me to see through His gift of sight and, hopefully, relaying how I see these subjects to others. I tend to focus on nature photography, with my favorite subjects being the life God created (animals & plants) and also the world that He has crafted (landscapes and such). This blog is my first "official" foray into sharing these photos with more than just family and close friends. I hope you enjoy. All constructive criticism is more than welcome.