Google +

I've been one of the lucky ones lately.....I was one of the first wave of people to get Google+ invites.  I've been on it for a month now, and I can honestly say that I LOVE it.  It's certainly affected how much time I spend on Facebook and Twitter now, both personally and professionally, but the draw of Google+ for me is how amazingly supportive the community is over there.  Regardless of their background, everyone I've been in contact with so far is supportive of sharing information.

And the community of photographers there....WOW is the best way to sum it up.  I can post a photo on there, and invariable I'll get a comment on there, and not ONE of them has been negative.  The whole photography community over there has really tried to put things in place for all photographers...those that just want to share pretty photos, those that want critique, those that want to learn and those that want to teach.  It's just incredible, which is why I find myself getting sucked into it so easily lately.  It feels good over there.

And over there, I try to post a photo a day.  This just forces me to always be conscious of what I'm putting out there, and to keep my photography always moving forward.  I haven't been doing too many photo shoots lately, and I miss them.  But things in "real life" have gotten pretty interesting around here lately, and it's not leaving me as much time as I'd like to have to dedicate to it.  Thankfully, we'll be going on vacation soon, and have time to shoot as much as I can in a place that I love.

If anyone else out there is on Google +, my profile can be found here.  And I'll leave this post with a photo...