Musings from the last best place - Filed under 'London'

Chelsea Embankment - B&W

A funny thing about photography - sometimes there are certain shots that 'just click'. In March 2005, I had a one day layover in London on my way home from Geneva. I stayed at the delightful Draycott Hotel near Sloane Square. I decided a walkabout was in order, so I toured the Chelsea neighborhood armed with my little Nikon 2100 point-and-shoot. I took this shot along the Thames' Chelsea Embankment. I only wish I'd had a higher quality camera with me - I'd love to enlarge this image and create a canvas or fabric print. It's a shot that I still cherish.

There's Something About Paths...

I love taking shots of paths. Although I've never done a formal study, I can look back at images I've captured over the years and see that my eye has been drawn to them for some time. I guess it's the promise they hold - the air of possibility - that makes them so intriguing. Or perhaps its my recessive wanderlust - because I hesitate to act on such impulses in my life decisions, could I be fascinated by visual constructs that signify the promise of "what if?"

Here are three shots taken at different times in my growth as a photographer. The first is a shot of a private garden that I took on a walkabout in London almost three and a half years ago. The second I took near a lake in up-state Wisconsin three years ago this fall. Finally, the third I took in Cody, Wyoming this past weekend. While my equipment has certainly improved over the years (the first two shots were taken with a small Nikon 2100; the third, with my Olympus e500), I hope my technique and execution have also improved over the years.