Have camera, will travel
Cheryl Unruh, Special to The Gazette
Tuesday, December 8, 2009
When I leave the house, it’s usually a safe bet that I have a camera in my pocket. (Well, somebody has to feed my blog every day.)
Some people suggest that a camera can interfere with truly experiencing a moment, but the way I see it, taking photographs is like writing a poem, it causes you to focus intently on what’s before you.
Dave and I went to Salina for a holiday dinner with his family over the Thanksgiving weekend. There is no direct route to Salina from Emporia, but there are a couple of well-worn trails. For years we tended to follow the same path, taking the quickest, shortest way.
Every once in a while, we would veer off the regular trail and check out a quiet county road instead of the highway.
Then, our love for exploration increased dramatically about five years ago when Dave and I got digital cameras. At that time we also started our Web sites, giving us each a place to post our photos. With cameras, suddenly this old state became a brand new adventure.
Dave once owned a portrait studio; he took senior pictures and photographed weddings. In my younger days, I was a photographer for my high school yearbook and for the Larned Tiller and Toiler newspaper. Both Dave and I had gotten away from our photographic roots over the years, partly because film and processing was so expensive.
Armed now with digital cameras, free “film,” and a viewing audience on our blogs, we are trying to shoot all of Kansas.
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