Have you ever wondered why you take photographs? At the weekend the photography club I'm a member of held their annual Salon - a review of the years work over dinner (we shan't mention the food).
On display and up for judging were images taken by various members of the group over the previous 12 months. A wide range of images from landscape and cityscape to portrait, travel photos and abstract. Even when the topic for the photo was the same the resulting images were very different.
I guess that is one thing about photography We each come to it with the accumulation of different life experiences and as a result a different life view and thus we perceive things from a different perspective born of that experience.
This leaves me pondering - is my view of the world one that is worth sharing - I really don't know.
Lake Wanaka
I can take photos, I've learnt what a reasonably proportion of the dials and knobs on my camera do... I generally get something that is acceptable - but is it worthwhile, will it make a different?
For me this has become the quest - to take photos which make a difference - be that a photo which has someone stop and ask why, or look and wonder or, if I'm lucky, look and learn. So this is why I take photos! Now the question is do the photos I take deliver what it is I am wanting to deliver. I guess I may one day know the answer.
Reflection of Lake Tekapo in window of Church of the Good Shepard.