Looking Into

"A photograph is usually looked at -- seldom looked into."

~Ansel Adams

While walking through Chinatown last week taking a few photos, I thought how I have hundreds of images and no forum to display my photographs. I enjoy that this blog is mainly about stories with a few photos thrown in and have struggled to find a place to show images. In the 1990's I used to print my own black and white photographs (yes, in a darkroom) but today the photos I take just sit on my computer hard drive or a disk.

I thought while passing dim sum restaurants about starting a new blog for photos. A place for my work, it would also be a venue for others to share their photos. A few hours later I emailed Jenn in Holland about it. I was thinking of pulling this together in a month or two.

I should not have been surprised upon waking up the next morning to find Jenn had a site set up in hours. Some of you may have read how she landed a job in, oh, 36 seconds. She pretty much created this site in same record time.

So, it is with glee that Jenn and I are launching our new site Looking Into today. The name comes from the Ansel Adams quote above. How often do you just look at a photo, not into it?

Jenn and I welcome photo contributions so please join us for this celebration of photography. But even if you don't want to submit a photo, do visit from time to time. I promise it won't disappoint you.

And don't worry, I'll continue to be in denial right here.