good stuff

I spent some time this morning wandering around flickr and checking out the photos at jpg magazine. Damn, there are so many good shooters spread around the globe. So many different perspectives and amazing moments captured and posted for the world to see. All the great work is, of course, inspiring - but it's also a little intimidating when I measure my work against the "good stuff." And some of the really good stuff comes from shooters who aren't pros. Just regular folks with a camera and a passion to capture a moment in time. I guess that's what makes photography so cool for me.

This afternoon, I took my bit of inspiration, grabbed my camera bag and iPod - and headed out to the back roads. It was a crisp, blue-sky afternoon with much of last week's snow still on the ground. I stopped at several of my old haunts and found a some new spots, too. I even pulled out my old buddy - my Lensbaby 2.0. It was a good time hunting for some good stuff.