I remember watching my grandfather wandering about with his 35mm SLR camera taking photos; he'd spend hours taking shots then hours more in his darkroom developing and processing. I wish I could say I was fascinated by it, I was a kid though and the enjoyment he found through photography was lost on me. I could see he was passionate and sometimes spent time helping him carry things and in the darkroom watching him work but I never picked up much of an interest in it. I regret that.
After many years of not caring whether I took a photograph or not I have found some interest and enjoyment from doing so. I do things differently than my grandfather did; digital cameras render the need for a darkroom obsolete, my cameras are different as are my skills, but I've come to enjoy taking photos now and then and thinking back on the skills my grandfather had I regret not taking more interest in what he did. One thing is common to us both though and that's finding enjoyment in taking photos of flowers.
I find enjoyment through photography and whether I'm any good at it or not is totally besides the point and simply doesn't matter; the enjoyment of it matters. I don't use editing tools like Photoshop because I do not know how and I'd rather present the photos I take as they are anyway, imperfect and as my eye saw them, that's reality to me, and here's a few I captured this morning that I felt comfortable sharing.
Design and create your ideal life, tomorrow isn't promised - galenkp
[Original and AI free]
Every image in this post is my own.
Olympus OM-D E-M10 Mark III was used to capture these images.