Do you have a mentor on ActiveRain? This is indeed a generous community and I have several mentors, but for photography…whether he knows it or not…my mentor is William Johnson from San Diego, California. When I was really new to AR…holy cow…I missed my one year anniversary! February 22nd, 2011. Anyway, as usual I’ve digressed. When I was brand new, William visited one of my posts and took a shine to my photos. He took half an hour out of his schedule and spent it with me on the phone giving me invaluable advice about how to edit better and where to edit better. He also helped me through the mechanics of inserting images into the posts.
The other day I posted a collage of a few photos I took of the Grove Park Inn in Asheville, NC when Leslie attended the Arts & Crafts Conference there a week ago. The collage template made the photos very small and sure enough in the comments section, there was my friend and photo mentor oh so gently chiding me for restricting the size. He was right of course and I knew they were too small when I posted them but…have you ever signed into AR to do your post but you are so tired you feel like you could nod off right there at the computer? That was how I felt that night after a day filled of showing houses.
So, William, if you are reading this, these photos were reposted with you in mind and I wanted to take another opportunity to let you know how very much I appreciate everything bit of advice and support you’ve given me over the last year. The title of Ambassador suits you perfectly.
A word to other ActiveRain members. We are a generous community. Take some time and share your talents, your investment will come back to you a hundred fold.
This is taken from the back of the Grove Park Inn showing the building above the terraces.
A view of downtown Asheville,NC and a portion of the Blue Ridge Mountains.
I don’t even play golf but would enjoy strolling this beautiful course at the Grove Park Inn.
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