twenty ten…time to begin?

happy new year
Today is the day we typically start something. Maybe this will be the year you start a blog?

Photographer friends often comment that it must take lots of time to keep it up. In the beginning, yes it did. First I had to get used to the blog process and then I had to remember to take a photo. It didn’t take long, though, for it to become a habit I truly enjoy. Potential photo ops are always on my mind so photography continues to be fun every day even if I’m just shooting out of a window.

The content of the photo isn’t the most important thing to me. It’s the process. When you always carry a camera, you’re presented with many more photo ops than if you planned an outing. You’ll encounter challenging situations like low light, extreme light or quickly moving subjects, more often. You’ll make exposure mistakes but because you’re trying to shoot every day, you’re more likely to remember the solutions. Before long, you’ll find yourself setting up your camera for any given situation with lightening speed and almost automatically. Really!

So, for me, the pros of keeping a blog have far outweighed the cons.

Besides, most people would really enjoy seeing what you’re shooting and a blog is an easy way to share. It doesn’t have to be a daily blog. You could post a photo once a week. SO…if you’ve been thinking about it, I hope you’ll give it a try!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

3 thoughts on “twenty ten…time to begin?”

  1. Have a good New Year, Marianne. You introduced me to blogging and now I love it. I concentrate on nature and our state parks and interesting places in Arizona. I love hearing from the people who follow my blog and there are more of them all the time. One boy wrote that I helped him with his homework – that made it all worth while.

    At first, it was a bit of work to set it up. Now, as I work with photos, I remember my blog and save many shots for the blog. I don’t shoot every day, but blogging keeps me in touch with my main passion – photography. To update my blog daily takes only a minute or two.

    And now I have three blogs for various endeavors.

    All due to you!

    Shirley

  2. I’m so happy you decided to blog, Shirley. I love seeing your photos! As you can see, I’m still trying to push friends to start 🙂

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