The importance of connection

"Heavenly Sunset" Wandering Ambivert

I like to use photographs with my posts. At first, I used stock photography. There are some excellent ones out there (alongside the more contrived versions of the ideal team sort of thing) but I have become increasingly uncomfortable using them.

I've been trying to understand why and eventually it dawned on me. I have no relationship with the photograph. I don't know its source. So increasingly I use my own, even though technically they are not as good, but they are mine, so there's a connection. I also have an incentive to become a better and more creative photographer.

I also use photographs where I have a connection. The one here is by "Wandering Ambivert". We've never met, but I follow his blog and like his work, so I asked permission to use them. It creates a connection, and I feel more comfortable using a connection as part of my blog than something manufactured, and I appreciate his generosity.

The thought found it's own momentum as thoughts oft…