Jacques' Brain Drain

After two days of this experiment, I’m already noticing some changes to my approach. Mainly, I’m shooting on manual far more often than I had been previously. I find that when I’m not focusing on the subject of the photograph, I am more free to focus on the process. When I can concentrate on the lighting, the timing, the aperture and many other aspects of the picture – rather than focusing more directly on the object of the picture, I have an opportunity to improve my craft. Having a good subject for a picture is only part of the process – the craft aspects are important too – and this has helped so far.

Note: Yes – the pictures are online. No, they aren’t in my Picasa photo albums.

The pictures from Donna’s wedding are up on my photo page. Slideshow is below the fold.
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Just got back from a trip to New England to visit relatives and friends. The first of my pictures are up, and more will follow soon rather than later.
I have photos from the wedding on CD, but haven’t put them up yet because they need to be sorted and post-processed first.

http://picasaweb.google.com/jricher.n1zzh

One of the more serious problems facing us in the United States is defining the scope of government. This is not a matter of defining what the government can do, but rather what it should do. Much of the current backlash against the existing federal system – whether by marijuana advocates, (medical and other) sex educators, free speech groups, privacy groups and others is a response to a perceived change in the scope of government.
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