RiverDogs Crossing – what is this?

A Second Chance Opportunity For RiverDogs Crossing – A Photo Blog

I had a web log – commonly referred to as a blog – for the first time in the late 1990’s. For many reasons that feels like it was a century ago. Almost everything I wrote about back then was related to the subject of photography – either the gear or the process, or the images themselves. I have been taking pictures since my teenage years and that was a while back. I am still interested in film cameras and of course digital cameras.

When I first began blogging, I used something called Radio UserLand and it was a pre-cursor pioneer to today’s tools that make it so easy to preview and publish much better looking content. Somewhere along the journey I used WordPress, then Zenfolio, and now I am giving WordPress another try. This is it.

After a few years I upgraded to other tools and published some things but not enough to write home (or anywhere else) about. I have had some online galleries for my images. I have galleries at two locations online and I will publish links on the blog when I want to highlight new photos or videos.

I think one of the problems for any aspiring photographer is to find your voice. I have many interests and for a long time early in my journey I had a hard time settling on one area of interest. The struggle continues, but I have tried to narrow the focus to portraits, travel, and automobiles.

Here is a link to my gallery on SmugMug: https://davidraaum.smugmug.com/.

Whenever I add new pictures to my gallery I will also plan to add an update on the blog so you can take a look at what I have been doing. The writing part of my journey will be posted on these pages and there won’t be any of that on the gallery pages. In fewer words – you will find words and pictures here, but only pictures there.

That’s a start and I will be back sooner than you know to continue the story.