5 seconds of fame :)

“Nice work and congrats. I like the photo of the rays of light around the tree. Very ethereal.”

“Awesome dude! I love your pictures.”

“I couldn't get the .pdf on the website to come up. waaaaah!!”

“Right on! Someday, someday soon, I might get lucky and snap a pic as good as you.”

“Zen...
Luck has little to do with great photography. But you are on the right track... you've got to be there to get a great photograph. Backpacking is the way to do it.”

“Brownie camera . . . I started off with one of those! LOL!

Good job, WW!”

“Goat,

I know. As a photographer, I am decent and improving. No where near having my own show, but improvement is good enough for me.

Just swtched to digital and am getting the hang of a new medium. Check out the link in my profile. The one in the "scanned pics" album was definately a product of a little bit of luck and a lot of just going down the water's wdge to see what was happening.

Starting the 10th, I'm going to spend 8 days in a pretty sweet place for work, I should be able to come up with some great pics from there.”

“Snowy, hmmmm....we must be close to the same age then...no wait you're older than me....LOL!”

“WW - Awesome!! Cool article”

“Wind Walker,

Great work! Great photos!”

“That is a sweet shot Zen.

Taking these classes has been a wonderful experience. Hanging out with the other photography students... comparing notes, sharing ideas, having the instructor critique your photos and suggest things to make them even better next time...helps a bunch...I highly reccomend taking a class. :)”

“Yeah, older but I play hard, and I'll never grow up!”

“Zen...
A gig in Alaska! You might come up with something there.
Working with a digital system will allow you to view your work quickly and inexpensively. Improvement is just around the corner.
Myself, still working with 35mm. I've shot mostly color the past 8 years, but am working on moving into B&W now. I am oldschool and don't take kindly to tweeking images in a digital darkroom.

*** Congrats windwalker on your gallery show. I know how much it means to get your best work hanging in a prominent place. Your work is wonderful! ***”

“Wind,

I've been contemplating a photo class for about year now, but am a little reluctant to do it for a couple of reasons. One, I have a tendancy to live a few hours away from any sort of instituion of higher learning. Two, I'm a little afraid that I'll have to rehash things that I've already taught myself. I figured out exposure, aperature, filters and a bit of composition by myself and I don't really need to learn it again (so I think). Hanging out with other people that have an obsession with taking pictures would definately be a huge plus.

Goat,
I was dead set on not switching over to digital too, but then I broke my 35mm camera and I figured that if going digital was only going to cost me about a year's worth of film developing. So I decided, why not? I already had the lenses, might as well.”

“Zen...
I need a job.
You need "Hanging out with other people that have an obsession with taking pictures"
Set me up, and you will learn much, eh!”

“Goat,
I checked you website, you should post more photos.

Where can I get a Viking hat? I've been looking for one for years!”

“No can do for the job, I work for the gov't. I can tell you when there are cool jobs opening up though. Try www.usajobs.opm.gov in feburary.”

“Thanks for the link.
I've got over 1200 photographs posted on my web site. Lots of it is crap, but it tells a story about the past 8 years of traveling through 47 states, 8 provinces of Canada and 8 European nations. Go to the thumbnail index page and click on the long red arrows between the thumbnail images. This will allow you to quickly look through chronolgically listed thumbnail images.

Link to Viking Helmet...
http://www.costumeshopper.com/
search for "Viking Helmet" Great price on the $17.00 helmet. I've seen them at costume shops for more than $50.”

“ahah! I did my look and no read thing earlier. I just saw the thumbnail link. I guess that means it is time for bed. Sweet pics, I'll look more later.”

“Great pics”

“Only five seconds of fame! You deserve more.”

“Hey WW, that's so cool. Congrats!”

“That's awesome WW. Congrats!

it's all in the hair, I tell ya.”

“Cool flier. That's a cool picture they took of you as well. I'll bet that photo would be real popular over on photo.net.

The other pictures shown are really good too, I just hadn't seen that one of you before so it gets the comments.”

“Congrats WW, you do take great shots! Its gotta be awesome to see some success and recognition from something that truly enjoyable for you, as opposed to you a job”

“Great job WW! I do so enjoy looking (and feeling) your photos.”

“Just made mention of your pictures on another thread. Congratulations!”

“Thanks for posting the "actual thing," WW. Great job!Fab photos! :-)”

“Snow Nymph is older than Wind Walker???!!!
OMG! Say it ain't so!”

“congrads upon congrads!”

“Congratulations WW! That's a real good picture of you too, almost makes you look distinguished...but we all know better!

I still have the photo you took of me on North Dome as my wallpaper here at work...



Just remember us "little guys" when your rich and famous!”

“Thanks everybody!

Navi....yes just a little...but we all know I look older. I just like to tease Snowy about it 8)”

“Zen,

What kind of digital camera let you use your 35 mm lenses? I have resisted the switch for just that reason. I didn't know my Zuiko lenses would fit any digitals.”

“Shawn,

My 35mm SLR and my digital SLR are both canon as are all of my lenses.”

“Excellent pics - congrats on getting some well deserved recognition.”

“ww, gorgeous pics! I thought my favorite was the dragonfly but I'm just not sure now! I think my favorite is the one of you. I love that shot! Great work Mike!”

“Congrats. That's the 2nd piece of "free advertising" in as many months. I hope that this can get you noticed a bit more. Whenever I see one of your threads I always stop to check it out.”

“Hey !! I know that guy
;-)”

“Thanks Dayhiker!

Been hanging out with the riff raff again...eh Hodge?”

“Cool!”

“YEA!! Always a good thing when free publicity comes your way.

By the way... is that your impersonation of a Q-tip?”

“Q-tip LOL! The dangers of a 2 dimensional medium in a 3D world.

We just covered mergers in my photography class too...LOL”

“The local newspaper called today...they want to meet with me at the PAA Gallery tomorrow and do a story about me and my photos. 8)
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“"PAA" is the local Porterville Art Association.
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“Congrats. I've always classified your photos as art.”

“That's great. You didn't mentioned the special note on your webpage. You're a celebrity.”