Well....Yippee!

I am awkward with this new computer.

I love everything,

but buttons are in new places....

(or old, if I remember the 1st computer I ever had)

I am working with the Aperture 3 program...

searching for all my photo files.

It is a bit tedious...

as the transfer did not leave files in any discernible order.

Soooo.....

I am going through the process of 

bringing up files,

naming them, and then finding the best place for them.

This photo is an excellent example.

It is the photo that I used in 

my ad in the 

"Carolina Bride magazine" 

in the 1990's.....

I had wonderful feedback 

and received a lot of attention from

it, as most of the wedding photographers,

in my town, at the time, were shooting in 

a very conservative, controlled way.

I on the other hand was shooting

in a photojournalistic manner.

Spontaneous, natural,

and non-intrusive....

I loved it and found that many 

women planning their weddings wanted

just that.

They didn't want to be constantly interrupted on their special day.

Now,

this approach is the "norm".

But then,

it was radical,

and I received criticism from

men who had been shooting weddings for decades.

In fact,

the man who shot my first wedding,

a control freak supreme, 

couldn't understand how in the world 

I would be able to cover a wedding without 

"set-up shots".

Well, I did.

And I did it almost every weekend

for years.

I value that experience,

but I also value my 

down time, now.

So...

enough reminiscing  

Thank you for indulging me.

smiles.