A realization that I have forgotten my photo blog. In the days of instant gratification of Facebook and Instagram I had forgotten the simple pleasure of blogging. A lost form of social media.
Back in the day it was all the rage, learning code to add your own touches, actually writing a short story or two and sharing too much information online. Those days I both miss and regret.
Lost is feeling that people really cared about content, now it's all about the shock and drama which is why I am no longer on Facebook, known to me now as the giant vacuum of brain cells and social etiquette.
Sitting in my external hard drives and computer are thousands of photos that will be forgotten when I am gone. I am by no means a fabulous photographer, a famous photographer or even a good photographer but each photo means something to me. Each frame was shot will feeling for the moment not the shock or wow factor. I am not above using Lightroom and Photoshop to fix my many many mistakes.
My technical skills are just average and I am often disappointed when my photo safari turns up empty with no usable images. But I was out there in the wilderness being it wooded or vast high prairies giving it a go, which is all that really matters.
So what to do with my many photos, YouTube right? Am I doing it for gratification? Acknowledgement? Views? Probably,,,,,, but mostly I am doing it for me. To capture many of my photos in a video that I can watch on TV and enjoy. Sure I can look at the outside of my external hard drive but it just doesn't have the same emotional reaction that I am looking for.
Of course I am hoping for views, but it is not my sole purpose. I am doing it for me and if other people enjoy my photos and videos that is great too.
So now is where I shamelessly promote a link to my youtube channel.
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