“The first principle is that you must not fool yourself and you are the easiest person to fool.” – Richard P. Feynman
Whenever I post photos online, I am sure most people think I just snap and upload. I am sure some people wonder why it takes me time to go from taking a photo to sharing it online. That is because my people do not understand the full process of photography. Most people’s experience of photography is just snap and post. For me, I enjoy the process of taking a good photo and making it better. That means that after I take that photo, I take the time to edit it behind the scenes in order to improve it. Life is like that too. Often times we judge someone’s life positivity or negatively based on the summary that we see. Rarely do we get the whole story, we usually just see the highlights. What often makes someone who they are isn’t the highlights, but what happens in between. Same when I post photography. You might hear about the experience while I am there, and see the photo I capture later. But when it comes to what happens in between that isn’t seen.
One of the reasons you will see me post occasional photos from my hometown or my neighborhood walks is that I like to practice my photography when I can. I would love to take a great trip to Europe or some far-off destination once a month or more, but a teacher’s salary tends to get in the way of that. That’s okay; by practicing at home, it prepares me for when I can get out and take great photos. Practicing at home prepared me for taking these photos in Edinburgh, Scotland, when we visited. A few of these shots I have posted have the Ross Fountain with Edinburgh Castle in the background. The Ross Fountain was produced at the iron foundry of Antoine Durenne in Sommevoire, France. It was an exhibit at the Great Exhibition of 1862. It was purchased by gunmaker Daniel Ross in 1862 for £2,000 and subsequently gifted to the city of Edinburgh. Here are a few photos I captured from around this area.
