What better way to keep a NERD! interested than hobbies with gadgets?

One of those hobbies is photography. I like to take pictures. I've worked hard to learn how to use my limited selection of gear to take pictures of friends, family, stuff and things... You will see some of it here as the days and weeks go by, or you can check out more now at my website.

I try to limit the work I have to do in software, too.  Most of my pictures are completely done in-camera. I don't use image editing software, if I can get away with it. "MADNESS!" you say. "HOW did you get to be so awesome?" Well, I'm just. that. good.

No. Not really. I think I'm up to somewhere around 25,000 pictures on my current gear, and most of those are of the towel bar in the bathroom, or the television screen in my living room. I spent hours pouring over photography websites, image galleries, and other resources to see what I liked, and figured out how to make my camera do that stuff, too.  ANYONE can do this, with ANY camera. Photography is ART, not science. Artists know how to use their tools, and leverage those tools to make ART.

So STOP WORRYING if you've got the right gear. No matter what creative outlet you love. Just do it. Create. Sculpt. Write. Compose. Act. Cook. Paint. Build*.  Don't spend your whole life working. Find time for you.


*Notice I didn't say take pictures in that list there.  I like to think I'm pretty good at that, and I don't want to encourage someone who might be better than me. I'd be jealous. Ok. Maybe only a little, but still.