My advocation is serious part-time photography. My favorite kinds of photography to shoot are landscapes and outdoor adventure sports. However, I also like to take images of animals, plants, travel, aerial photography (taking pictures while flying my paraglider), people, portraits, and weddings. In other words, I'm very eccletic in my approach---it keeps things interesting.
Photography is both art and science. And since my vocation is science teacher, it is a perfect fit. The artist and the scientist in me are both satisfied when I capture a great image.
It has been said, and is very probable, that photography is the closest we can get to capturing time. I agree. Think of the physics of photography for a moment. Photons travel from a distance object as a wave and particle, having been either reflected, transmitted, or emitted, by the object as they come toward our eyes and the camera lense at the speed of light (300,000,000 m/s). When photons intersect the film, they leave behind a characteristic signature. In other words, something really does come from the object and into the camera, and is bent (refracted) to focus to a point on the film in the camera. Albert Einstein's theory of Special Relativity states that at the speed of light---time stands still. So, considering his theory, these photons travelling at the speed of light from the object are a frozen moment in time of that objects existance. Photons run into the film emulsion at very high speeds recording very precisely their position and characteristic, and yes, time is captured.
Enjoy some captured time and art from Mr. Simpson's Realm of Light . . .
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