I only went out for a walk

Hellooooo there.

(Am I supposed to use a greeting? I guess it doesn't matter. If you can't tell... I'm new at this. I apologize for the lack of flow. Also, I typed this all out once already and lost it. So if I seem brief, it's because in my mind I said this already.) Well, I thought I'd start by telling a bit about myself and the meaning of my Blog title.

Over the last couple of years, I have found myself often with a camera in my hand. If you look through my computer, you will find more than a few pictures of rocks, trees, flowers, and the like. I'm not quite sure how this interest developed. Perhaps I was bored once, and saw the camera looking quite lonesome on a sunny day. As it were, photography became my "thing". Apparently I have a good eye. 

After awhile of proving my salt with an incompetent photographic device (a bulky, old digital camera with a tiny screen and short battery-life), my parents decided to buy me my own for Grad. Nothing too fancy. A semi-slim HP, with a wonderfully large screen (albeit a slightly infuriating delay on night-time pictures). I started to carry it in my purse, and in jacket pockets. Often when I'd whip out my camera, someone would say something like "why would you take a picture of THAT?". Later on, they would see the picture and comment on how nice it is.

One of the beautiful things about nature photography, is that you have to be outside! I love the outdoors; the smell of the air, the feel of the ground, the warmth of the sun (the chill of the rain?). But I occasionally have trouble being motivated enough to go outside, unless for some important purpose. Having a camera in hand gets me out there. A walk down the road, a wander into the bush, even a drive down a back road; it sets me in motion and gets me thinking. Most of the time, I'll take the picture, then stand for quite some time praising God. It is SO amazing. It is unbelievable. It blows my mind. I am learning to find beauty in things that most people pass by without a thought.

The description of my Blog title (and also a bit of a description of myself), is one of my new favorite quotes. "I only went out for a walk and finally concluded to stay out till sundown, for going out, I found, was really going in." - John Muir.

I only went out for a walk, and I've returned with a camera full of God's artwork. 

Tomorrow, I'll go out again.