that click of a shutter

i just love photography so much
life is a beautiful thing to behold
to see life...real life splayed out like tiny dots of color mess on a page.....
i have to sigh.
i get tingles in my knees and tingles in my toes.
stay said it right "there's just too much beauty to quit"

it kind of hurts inside when someone calls themself a photographer and i look at what they've got and i can tell they don't know what their doing.
i feel cheap and mean for saying something like that.
i guess what makes a difference is when the passion is there.
if the passion is there, there can be a willingness to grow.
i've grown.
my! how i've grown.
because i discovered a passion. and after timeless words from sam auger of "it doesn't matter if you like the angle, it's just not sharp"
it finally hit me, that if i love anything in life enough to do it, i should do it right.

so i ask you...if you love photography enough, learn it well. let it teach you.
let it surprise you.
let photos happen to you.
discover the world, and indeed be discovered!
let nature discover you.
like a good refrain of a moving song on a summer's eve in the mist and the fog