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It has been just over four years since I started this blog. My first post was April 27, 2009.  I can't believe I have stuck at it so long. Ok so may there have been some quiet times through the years where not alot was posted but I am still here and still going.  Still only got 14 followers too! The stats on this site are a little confusing so I really have no idea how many people actually read the posts.

The numbers really don't matter to me that much as it is the enjoyment of the creation that is important. I love getting out there to take the photos, indeed I am totally addicted to that part of the process. I love to share my photos here on the blog, to be able to look at them and remember what I went through to achieve the image. Each photo tells its own story and while many of them are similar they are each different.

I guess the big thing is that I take all these photos and if I don't have somewhere to show them off, what is the point? Sharing the photos and hearing feedback is fun. I also share some of my images on a couple of forums, one of them being the hellophoto forum run by D-Photo Magazine. A week or so ago I received an email from the editor of the D-Photo, he wanted to put one of my kingfisher shots in their next issue. I was stoked to be asked and of course said yes!

So if you pick up a copy of the current issue of D-Photo (on sale today), and look for the page about the hellophoto forum you will see a small photo of a kingfisher accompanied with a small bit of text that I was also asked for.  It's a start... a full page spread is the next goal!  Who knows... dreams are free.