Posing Artisans
This post, done on 8th January 2014, marks the second anniversary of smithiesshutter on WordPress. Over the two years since I first posted on 8th January 2012 I have uploaded 941 images and completed 875 separate posts.
More importantly between us we have contributed 5295 comments and over the past year there have been over 15,ooo visitors, which is staggering, considering I sit in lonely isolation while preparing stuff for this blog…………. but many of you I regard as friends and I have seen your blogs grow and blossom as we have shared the ether together.
My thanks to every single one of you for your friendship and support and I promise to try to visit your blogs more regularly this year.
Best regards, John.
Life, Photography & Other Mistakes - is now dormant 
Well deserved, all.
Hi Mike…..it becomes an obsession, don’t you think.
I do think. Like a drug for creatives.
Hmmm…..I used to tell my students that being creative was better than sex. I don’t know why they never agreed with me…..
Now creative sex is the very best of all. I swear by it!
:-). now you’re talking
Hi John,
Congratulations on the beginning of your third year of postings. I look forward to seeing additional photos and learning more about them and the places where you photograph. I do consider you a friend and I hope the feeling is mutual. I look forward to your continued and important critiques of my photos.
Best,
Tim
Hi Tim……thanks for your friendship…it is valued. …..and I will try to visit more often.
Regards, John.
FABULOUS.
Hi Merilee…..THANKS…… !
You’ve toiled well, but I suspect a bit more cleanly than the guys in the photo!
Yup……I’m a clean worker…..mostly!
Thanks David.
Congratulations on your 2nd anniversary my friend, may we see many more posts in the years to come 🙂 Cheers Mark
Hi Mark, it’s good to hear from you……years to come? That sounds somewhat open ended, but will do my best.
it certainly is!
I love the faces in this picture – especially the young man towards the front with the bandana – he looks positively angelic. I’ll enjoy following your blog and am glad that you stumbled across mine so that I could find yours!
It’s very good to hear from you Eleanor, particularly as we share a love of India. …..and it’s thanks to Tim Allen who gave me the link to your lovely blog. I look forward to travelling with you on wordpress. Regards, john.
Ah, I did notice the Tim Allen connection and saw that I was in good company! It’s always nice to see someone else’s photos of India – to learn from them and enjoy someone else’s photographic passion for an incredible country!
Indeed, yes, and seeing your glorious photos encourages me to return to the north of India once again. Thank you.
🙂
Such a great photograph!
Hi, welcome, and thanks for your comment..
Are you a professional photographer? I love your photos they are amazing.
Thanks very much……in fact I’m a retired art teacher, and though I was involved in teaching photography I do it now for fun.
That’s so great! I’m a Graphic Designer/Photographer in the media industry. So, I had my fair share of art classes in college. What did you teach exactly? My husband and I just started a travel blog to highlight our weekend trips in Texas. We just got back from backpacking through France and Italy and it inspired us to write about our travels. 🙂
Travelling abroad is exciting and stimulating so blogging about it can be rewarding. I taught 12 to 18 year olds painting, ceramics, printmaking etc. and we took the older ones on an annual visit to Paris, and even one year, 1996, we took them to Goa in India….they had a whale of a time.