It's mid-April,

     It's raining, it's chilly inside and out, so I thought I might start a blog; just to see what it feels like to be a "blogger".  So far, it's not unlike journaling, keeping a journal, which is something I've done almost continuously since my teens.  No one reads my journals - not even me - unless I'm looking for a bit or scrap of information that I might have written about or alluded to in the past.  For example, consider an ornithological bit, the great white heron.
     Among those who can distinguish a heron from a crane, I wonder how many people know there is such a thing as a great white heron and it's not just another name for a great (white) egret?  I did some research on the topic back in grad school in the early 1990's, so I can go back to my journal from the time frame and it will either have useful information or it will point me to a folder or binder where I would have kept the information.
     Understand that in the early 1990's we were just making the transition from paper reprints, hanging files, and the like; to Portable Document Files, scans, and JPEGs. Analog to digital.  As far as my journal, I did flirt with keeping a separate, digital "journal" on a floppy disk, but it didn't feel right, not tangible.  I needed something more palpable and besides, I kept going back to earlier entries and editing them.  I've always liked pens and papers for their own qualities, so I was still journaling my thoughts and notes in a physical notebook.  I still keep a personal journal and it is pen or pencil on paper.  As with my social stationary, the pen and paper get a little better, and the journals are standard refills that I pop in and out of a leather cover.  It's all very tactile.
     Now, here I am, "blogging".  The big difference is that the blog won't deal with thoughts on life & death, the tilt of the earth, or how I'm feeling a little older everyday when I roll out of bed.  This blog (journal) will deal with photography.  I'll write about preparation to make the right photo, taking the photo itself and what I do with the RAW file or exposed film that comes from my camera.  I'll praise some things (Nikon D800) and snub others (Nikon D800).  Today was just a matter of getting started.
     I hadn't planned to start a blog today, or on any other particular day in the near future.  But it's April - that cruel month - and somehow I got to this start page.  It felt like the right thing to do, so, Blaine Paul Photography now has a voice beyond images.  Business is slow so I hope to make the website, www.blainepaulphoto.com , and the blog a little better as the first flora of spring struggle in the garden to create the colorful backgrounds I'll use for Class of '15 Senior portraits.

Later,
BP