"Leaving for Paris" by Mike Goudreau and the Boppin Blues Band

You learn to see by practice. It's just like playing tennis, you get better the more you play. The more you look around at things, the more you see. The more you photograph, the more you realize what can be photographed and what can't be photographed. You just have to keep doing it. - Eliot Porter ~ And so, I keep doing it. ~

There's only one rule in photography - never develop colour film in chicken noodle soup. - Freeman Patterson ~ Time to throw out the others. ~

I often think of that rare fulfilling joy when you are in the presence of some wonderful alignment of events. Where the light, the colour, the shapes, and the balance all interlock so perfectly that I feel truly overwhelmed by the wonder of it. - Charlie Waite ~ I share with you moments when I"ve felt truly overwhelmed by some wonderful alignment. ~

"Do not give up the piano! The camera cannot express the human soul!" said Ansel Adams' mother. To which Adams replied, "The camera cannot, but the photographer can." - Ansel Adams ~ Welcome to a glimpse of my soul. ~