The Virgin Mary, San Juan, Puerto Rico (click to enlarge)
©2009 Chris Ragazzo
Today was the day when the stats on blogging just didn't matter anymore. Who cares if everyone is blogging? Blog anyway. Add to the music. For me, this is my "Digital Blogging Genesis," the beginning of my photography blog.
Like my pioneering days in podcasting, co-creating the ever-popular "MyMacGuys Podcast," with my friend, Hank Cline, I have decided that some early ground-rules had to be set.
I hope to never to stay on track, never to be linear, and never to keep it all about photography, because like life, it is never just about one thing. Sure, I wake up at 5 a.m. some days to go shoot, but it always becomes about other things....the music I am listening to, the neighborhoods I am exploring, the foods that I am discovering...all under the guise of a photo outing.
So, like that smorgasbord of experiences, this blog will be a psychedelic cornucopia of all things under the umbrella of photography. I want to hear from you, out there. If you write, it will be part of the ongoing discussion. So, please, hang it out there with me. You won't regret it.
If I have learned anything these past years as a photographer, it is that you can't get bogged down in the tech. Learn it, yes. But don't let it keep you from making mistakes, shooting from the soul, and constantly learning "to see." I'll be talking a lot about "Beginner's Mind" and how to stay open. That tree is breathing. That ocean is talking. That mountain is listening. It is all part of the Psychedelic Photo-rama! I chose the word "Psychedelic" because for me it represents expansion of the mind, of the spirit, and a willingness to see below the surface of what we are experiencing.
So let's grab a camera and start shooting!
Join me as I begin this journey. I have no idea where it will take me.
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Chris Ragazzo
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