Mar 2, 2009

Planeteers…


Three Musketeers - Gene Kelley = Planeteers

Gene Kelly, Lana Turner, and Janet Leigh starred in The Three Musketeers (1948), a lavish adaptation of Alexandre Dumas' classic swashbuckler.

Gene Kelly (’48), Michael York (’74)… the Gascon, D’Artangnan, that 17th century clever and courageous chevalier who joined the Musketeers… ah, such memories from the old Paramount theater of yester year!

Digital photography, gear, wilderness treks, captivating nature images, internet, blogs, recognition – only some of many hurdles awaiting diligent photographers who establish an internet presence to sell their wares.  Dramatic images are a piece of fine art reflecting the change and growth in one’s passion.  Getting nature’s images before the buying public is quite a chore – yet it seems 2009 is Blog Explosion Year.
What’s a blog?  It’s a method of maintaining a daily diary on the web, complete with images, feelings, workshops, and event notices for individual (or groups of) photographers. 
At first, this blog explosion was subliminal.  Reading blogs, searching for a new reality in troubling times, I finally began to notice blogs whose first post was only in January, 2009.  Yes, several good blogs were out there before.  But, there is a strong move from web sites and static galleries to daily blog posts, new points of view, and an expanding nature photographer’s gallery and very active blogosphere.

Let’s call a new blog movement – in this case, searching for marvelous fine art nature images - Planeteers!  After all, The Three Musketeers fought for liberty, equality, fraternity… If you like to see beautiful nature photography – why not find a way to watch nature photographer’s daily growth.  Your elevating reward – a daily dose of classic beauty from all parts of our planet.  If you have WiFi, it’s simply like traversing our planet in seconds. 

Nature Photographers Online publishes 1-2 page short essays with nature photos from field contributors – here are the archives.  Read those essays, search out each contributor’s gallery, then take a look at the blogrolls for those who have blogs.  A blogroll is a list of ‘buddies’ – those guys or gals (eminent or otherwise) who pique your continuing interest in nature.
Pretty soon – you’ve become a Planeteer; beyond that, you’ve begun to accumulate your own list of nature experiences.  You can do this whenever – a few minutes at a time or simply emerge yourself in beauty.
If you want to follow Pathway’s method – become a Planeteer - surf nature by taking a look at our dynamic Around Our Planet in 80 ms

Our next blog will illustrate how Planeteering has already provided a new, early spring nature sunset arch venue for dramatic shots to replace people-filled, jaded shots of Mesa Arch at Canyonlands…

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