PHOTO NOTES: “Some Days You Have To Get Away”
. . . . . . . . . Some Days You Have To Get Away
This morning as the day approached the noon hour, I had a discussion with my boss at work and felt very troubled during and after that discussion.
The paths become harder to walk when one finds himself asked to add even more tasks to an already overfilled load.
What does it say when on most days of work one is unable to even find time to take a simple lunch break and so works between 8 to 10 hours non-stop?
And then you find yourself asked to do something else on top of it.
After this meeting, I found that I could go back to my desk and allow it to eat away at me for the rest of the day … or … I could take a rare lunch break and get away from the office a bit.
It is no secret that I also wish to get into better shape physically as well as grow closer and more in tune with the natural world.
So I ventured to Bells Lane just outside of Staunton for an escape from the stresses of work and to seek to better myself while being open to basics of the photographic hunt.
As my boots tread the pavement of the roadway, I had my camera slung across my body and a staff in my hand.
The squirrels were everywhere and so were the birds with the chickadee being the one that called my name most often.
– Mike Tripp, photojournalist
** “PHOTO NOTES” takes you behind the lens of the camera as the photographer offers a behind the scenes glimpse from inside the shoes of a photojournalist as well as offers the rare chance to hear some of his thoughts in the process.
