You Press The Button We Do The Rest

When I go to a Lab these days it’s to get my Cholesterol checked. Back in the days of film the photo lab is where you had to go to get your film developed. You could go to a pro lab or your local drugstore or supermarket and they all did a good job. Yea it cost money to have prints made but not much more than what they charge now. When the lab processed film most shutterbugs did not relies that the lab did a lot of work for them. They adjusted exposure and corrected color the get the best prints possible. Now that were are in the digital world it seems like we are all on our own especially if we print our own pics on our home printer. Sometimes I miss kodak’s original slogan. “You press the button and we do the rest”

Photos From The Front Line

I have many photographs that my grandfather has taken, he was never a professional photographer but he loved taking pictures. I found this photo and I can only assume it is a photo he took of his wall next to his bunk during WWII. He past away several years ago so I can’t ask him about this photo but I do know the people in the photos are my grandfather and my grandmother. I am thinking he took this photo and sent it back home to show my grandma that he has photos of her and is thinking of her all the time. I am sure he looked at these photos before he stormed Omaha beach and carried them with him throughout Europe. Now here we are 65 years later and photos to our troops are just as important but now we send them in Emails instead of V-mail, in 50 or a 100 years from now what are our photographs going to say about us. Technology has made taking photographs and sending photographs so much easier but the magical properties of photographs we cherish still remain. Thank you to all who served to keep the dream of freedom alive.

Moment Of Creation

Professions such as Engineering, Accounting and Programming are great carreer choices and pay well, and as and engineer I made a good living and a nice paycheck. When I am dead and gone, hopefully not for a while, I don’t think anyone is going to remember me for knowing how to run AutoCAD. I have never been to a funeral and heard anyone say, “they are going to be missed they were a wiz at Microsoft Office”. I think we want to be remembered for things we are passionate about and things we created. There is nothing wrong with having a good job and a nice income but we need to make time to create things that inspire us such as Paintings, Photographs and Music. You don’t need the most expensive guitar or camera you just need to be creative and take a few chances.

"Peepers Bridge" at the Chippewa Nature Center

taken with my digital rebel and a kit lens