Creating this website came with the challenge of learning WordPress, which I’m slowly doing. Something I didn’t see coming was the challenge of answering the question of “why do I take photographs?”

Aside from the usual “I like that” or “to remember a place”, I struggled to put into words just exactly why.
This lead my to think about a project I recently started called “waypoints”. The aim of this is to showcase buildings, structures or other objects that I seem to navigate by or see as being a marker of home or the area I live in. I like to know where an unfamiliar road goes, what that tower on the horizon is or what used to be here. I build up a map in my mind of an area.

So, where does photography fit in? I think it’s just another way for me to create this map in my mind. If I want to photograph something I will look at it from different positions, in different light or different times of day. Perhaps this leads me to feel more connected to the area I live or visit.

For now, the “about me” page will remain in the draft phase, but I think I’m getting a little closer to publishing it.