Up to this point, photography has been a hobby that I’ve enjoyed a great deal. I’ve learned a little, made a few good images (or so was told) and even made a little money on the side. Recently though, I’ve been wondering and thinking “Is this it?” Shoot a few pictures of the kids, family, nature, whatever and then store it on a hard drive or show a few images on this blog (or heaven forbid, actually use Flickr)? Is that photography? It seems like it should be so much more.

I’ve started reading Visioneering by Andy Stanley as well as the Craft & Vision books written by David duChemin and have really started to look at what I feel are some visions for me in photography. Right now I’m in the investigating phase and am trying to be very patience and not be hasty about jumping into to anything too soon (as is my habit). In addition, I’ve been reading Light:Science & Magic and have just got involved in a new site that has some amazing potential on helping me (and others) learn about photography and to shoot better (more on that later ). Knowledge wise, I feel I’ve learned more in the past month then in the prior couple of years.

I’m not sure where this will end up but I’ve dusted off some lenses I haven’t used in awhile and will be running through some “assignments” from the various books I’m reading in order to gain more experience and to start seeing things a bit differently then in the past. I’m hoping to post a few more images here in addition to the 52 Week Project.