Since I’m not posting a Photo of the Day every day, I decided a name change was in order. Since the URL uses the word perspicax, the Latin root of the word perspicacious, it seemed a good place to start.
To be perspicacious is to be discerning. Literally, it means to be “clear-sighted,” which has an extra meaning when applied to the practice of photography. A photographer who intends to make good photographs needs to be clear sighted, to have goals, and to know what differentiates a good photo from a mere snapshot.
I’ve been thinking hard about how to proceed with this blog. My Photo of the Day project was fascinating, but it was mostly successful because it relied on regular – indeed, very regular – posting behavior – on my part. I have to decide how this will carry over with the name change.
My current goal is to use this blog to talk about photography. It won’t give photography lessons, per se, but instead will go into the whys and wherefores of how I come to make an image. Obviously, I’ll be relying on my own experiences, and perhaps the experiences of my photographically-inclined friends, to decide what to blog about.
I’m open to suggestions as well. If you have questions, please post them in the comments, or e-mail me with them. If I can answer them intelligently, I will.
Meanwhile, I’m going to get to work on my first “new” blog post. Wish me luck!
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