This Is What It's All About

This is what it's all about...right here. This is the reason I picked up a camera again after all these years. The beautiful one in the picture is my brand new grandson, Hudson Patrick. The old coot is yours truly. Hudson was right at 3 weeks old when this picture was taken. Just to be on the safe side, I got my new digital camera a full 3 months prior to his expected arrival date and practiced like a mad man so I would be ready for him when the time came.



My wife and I got to spend a glorious week loving on him and were already missing him before we were half way to the airport to begin our journey back home.



I know every grandparent thinks their grandchild is the most beautiful in the world. But all of you other grandparents are just going to have to live with the knowledge that mine is.



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In The Beginning

When I first became interested in photography over 30 years ago, I gravitated to black and white images, mainly of outdoor scenary. I think I moved in that direction because the only dark room facility available to me was a black-and-white-only setup. So when I picked up a camera again, my first incliniation was to look through the view finder with the same eye.



These were the first keeper images I shot with a new Canon 40D that my wife bought me for Christmas 2008. It took me a while to develop the right skills and eye for doing the black and white conversion in PhotoShop, but these first two images now proudly grace my wall as 20X30 fine art posters.



All were shot on the grounds of the Biltmore Estate in Asheville, North Carolina.



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