Validation and Impetus

You may recall that our café was a causality of the pandemic – the one where I had a bit of a photo gallery. 

I also hang a few frames at Sue's hairdresser's establishment. I hadn't sold any prints for so long (there was a long period when it was closed due to the pandemic) that I had all but decided to offer to remove them, thus allowing the proprietors to change the display if they so chose.

Suddenly, two of them sold – the photos, not the proprietors. Go figure.

I call this first one, Rust, White & Blue. It's a very early photo taken way back in 2012 on a December  day when conditions were almost magical. It's a bit of a time piece too, because, nine years later, the garage door to the boathouse is much duller. It stood out perfectly on that day, however.

The other photo, On a Rural Road, is from just two years ago. I passed by the same place a few weeks ago and took a picture of the same fence and tree. I  composed it differently but ended up trashing it. It can be difficult to go back to the same spot because the light and the colour will be different. And then, one doesn't want to used the same composition, but the problem is that you may have already used the best one.

I'm glad that these photos sold, not for the meagre dollars involved, but it gives me some validation. More importantly, it provides impetus to keep on with this silly hobby of mine.