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A Fresh Start!

I decided to dedicate this site to my next great creative passion after painting - photography. Yep, photography.

From my teenage years through today, I've had a camera in hand ( 1970's - Kodak 110 Instamatic). Most of the time, I used my photography skills and photos to inform my painting. But, after many years of shooting photos, and many, many 10's of 1000's of photographs (seriously), I realized that I had some pretty good shots thrown in the mix, just sitting in albums, or on CD's & DVD's, with no one getting an opportunity to see them, collecting dust. So, why not post them on my unused blog  (also collecting electronic dust)!?
Thus, this new direction.
Now, I want to take this moment to say that I make no claim to being a professional photographer, and as such, this is just a site posted by a dedicated-amateur-picture-taker.
In addition, I've had quite a few photos sent my way over the years from friends and family, and for the shear kick of it, I edited and "shopped" some of these photos. In such cases, I will make note of the particular picture and proper credit to the original photographer as is appropriate.
I look forward to this new creative outlet, and it's my hope that those of you out there who check this site will find it enjoyable and uplifting. 
JJ & Hoppa
So, here we go, let's have some fun...

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