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... I will not be selfish

I am becoming like a President, as today I retract the statement that I made yesterday. I would be very mean if I did not offer any form of contribution to the photographic community from which we draw so much. I can speak to my own personal experiences and share some of them, with the hope that you may also seek to develop your own photographic expression. We recognize that the Internet offers an abundance of photography "gurus" and information, but no one has the time to browse even a fraction of these information sites. If per chance you get caught up browsing, you are missing the "light" and not making images, or taking pictures and photographs. I no longer consult the 5000 + bookmarks which I have. I have come to recognize that only a few photo websites are really noteworthy. My photo surfing is now mainly for photo products and some reference data. This works great for me because I am retired and have selected my major elective. There are a handful of website ...

... just plain and simple photography

This blog and photo blog is not going to bore you with any long talk on or about cameras, film, software, hardware, digital techniques, or any topic of photography. You are here to see photographs, pictures or images that I have taken at home in the beautiful, sunny, windy, rainy, sometimes stormy, twin island Federation of St Kitts & Nevis, set in the blue Caribbean sea. What you will see in my photo album is my own personal presentation, or more like my interpretation, which may at times appear to have nothing to do with actuality or reality. I will not resort to any acts of trick photography and will only use the few software tools at my disposal to process my digital negatives as I see fit. I am not promising an experience unlike any other, but you will be the judge and jury of that. For the photographically inquisitive and enquiring minds I will say this only once, and please don't ever ask again. Let me tell you up front that I am NOT an adobe photoshop fan, more like I ...