Theme and Test Picture Upload

The theme I have chosen for my PAW is "Where I Have Been This Week", a chance for me to try and capture the various places I get to visit as part of my job and have never really bothered to acknowledge or record.

Details: Nikon D80, Tokina 18-200mm lens, focal length 28mm, 8 seconds @ f/16, ISO 200

As to the test picture, this was taken just before Christmas at the Christmas illuminations of the trees at the Westonbirt Aboretum. The walk is enchanting and a lot of fun for the kids, especially as there are hidden fairy grottos and intriguing use of lights. Really interesting place to visit if you get the chance.

Why This Blog...

This blog is a place for me to capture my "picture a week" for 2007, an undertaking that has been inspired by the Digital Photography Challenge (DPChallenge) web site. This is the first post to the blog and acts as a disclaimer for this work in progress.

Part of the sense of the PAW is to select a theme for the photographs and use that as the inspiration for the series. This, as is the blog, is a work in progress but will be something along the lines of:

• Organic textures
• Prime time (pictures only taken with a prime lens)
• My neck of the woods
• My world in black & white
• The macro world
  

or some combination of the above. But I guess I will decide on this soon as I have to submit a photo in the next 10 days.

I guess the whole point of my participating in the PAW is to embark on a journey of some kind so this post is the first step I guess. To quote Greg Anderson:

Focus on the journey, not the destination. Joy is found not in finishing an activity but in doing it.

Someone wish me "Bon voyage!"...