Starting Out

So I guess this first blog will essentially be an extended "About Me" piece. My name is Paul Daniels, and about 1 year ago I bought a camera - I was working full time and had the money to splurge. I'd always been enamored with the idea of wandering through familiar landscapes and capturing the familiar in new ways.

I was recently laid off from my full-time job and after a short and boring stint of sleeping late and eating copious amounts of pizza, I went about job hunting. I landed a part-time shift bouncing at a bar.

Happy to have cash in my pocket again, things seemed to be looking up. The job paid good, provided me with a few beers every night, and gave me ample free time during the day. But I wasn't feeling any personal growth or intellectual stimulation. In essence, I was surviving but not exactly living.

I busted out that camera and started snapping pictures. I discovered that my camera had way too many buttons on it. So after a slight delay to learn what aperture, f-stops and bracketing were, I got back to exploring.

So far I've really enjoyed wandering through Boston - especially the parts that I've ignored for years. Developing my "photographer's eye" has been the biggest challenge thus far.

Ill be posting pictures on here, while chronicling my adventures to get those photos. I am also using the photography site Shutterfly to sell some of my better works.

Thats all for this "Introduction." Hope to talk to some of you all (assuming anyone begins reading this!) soon.