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It is Friday and Fridays are for fun. I took this shot on a Friday while I was running some errands downtown.  I mostly can't leave the house without my camera . . just in case, but sometimes it stays in the case.

There are people who take pictures of themselves and to be honest I don't get it.  I took this one because I liked the mirror and there was nothing to photograph except cement, and I decided that the blue jacket would add some color. 

All most all of the photos on this blog were taken by me. I have quite a collection. I started taking them for the blog and then ended up creating an additional blog just for the excess photos. Most of the photos are huge so I had to buy an extra hard drive for my computer for storage.  My photos can be found on various web sites. There are a couple of local non profits that I have given some to for their web sites and the university of Minnesota uses one for a banner on a blog.  The St. Paul visitors bureau has used some of them too.  Two of my photos are on the covers of books and one is on a box for a software product and a couple of them are in books.  I get free books that way.   Some people just steal the photos and I once made a friend because of it . . but don't try it.

It is an addiction and I am noticing that I am not the only one who is addicted. Digital photography is growing and morphing into some interesting art forms as we use HDR, textures and other techniques that are made possible by technology.  I meet people through the Twin Cities group, and a group called "The beauty of St. Paul"  on Flickr who share my addiction.

People ask me what kind of a camera I use so I ended up putting that information in my photoblog.  If I write a post that people like they never ask me what kind of a keyboard I used. I think with writing it is more about the monitor but no one asks about that either.

For me it is fun to take photos of my listings and sometimes I take property shots for other agents. I make them pay me  too.   Camera lenses are expensive and I need to support my habit.

There are so many wonderful places to take photos in the twin cities. There are interesting buildings, the river, lakes and so much more.  For fun this weekend my daughter and I are going to wonder around Nicollet island for a few hours with cameras. She wants to take a photography class. Not a bad idea, I have never taken one and may join her, just for fun.

Have a great weekend and if you see me standing at a ramp exit with my camera just honk and I will move, don't run me even if it does seem like it would be fun.