Rusted bus in overgrown field
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This is another image from our Arkansas trip– my personal favorite, at least of those from the time we spent in Glenwood.
I know it's taken a while to get this online. I think I've finally realized why it is I have such a hard time editing images and posting them online. Part of it, of course, is due to time constraints. But, the reason I don't make time for it is because, oftentimes, I feel that the value of the images I've captured is less in the image itself and more in what it taught me (either about photography or about life itself). So, since I've gotten my value out of it, I feel as though I'd much rather take *new* images and work on something even better with my new knowledge.
Of course my line of thought there is flawed. Editing, publishing, and feedback are all critical steps in this process as well. So, I'm slowly convincing myself to make the time to edit the images I take. My goal, right now, is to keep taking new images at whatever rate I'd like to, and to edit at least 3 images each night that I don't have plans. Of course, this is a rather vague and lenient goal and doesn't actually ensure that anything will happen. But it's a step in the right direction, at least.
If you'd like to offer something that might entice me to edit images more often in exchange for my publishing of new images (the publishing of images of your own, small monetary donations — i.e. $1 per 10 images of natural landscape, an offer to pose for me — i.e. 20 images of any subject and I'll spend two hours posing with you, etc) I'd be happy to collect them and let you know when "payment is due". You know, sort of like a fund raiser marathon for your favorite cause. Only the marathon is photograph publishing, and your favorite cause is me. Just comment here or, for those offers of a more personal nature, feel free to email me. Any offer related to any goal will be accepted.
