"krishnananda" <k@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> In article <xClWj.2013$Yp.437@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
> "Dudley Hanks" <hanks.dudley@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
>> Thanks for your comments. If I don't know what people prefer, I can't
>> give
>> it to them.
>
> Dudley,
>
> The site is, as you say, somewhat bare bones and hard to comment on.
> However, I would like to mention something about the content.
>
> Before I read your blog on "why I use a guide dog" I had absolutely no
> idea what the day-to-day experience of blind and nearly-blind people. I
> think that part of your blog, or perhaps an excerpt, belongs front and
> center on your web page. Your writing is quite evocative -- and
> especially with the accompanying photo of the kind of sidewalk hazards
> we sighted folks take for granted.
>
> Also your photo of Dima interacting with the little kid in the food
> court is a fantastic photo! It also belongs on your main website (IMHO).
> I know your mission in life is not to educate the sighted,
Thanks, Krishnananda, I appreciate you sharing that with me.
I hope sighted people don't think I'm trying to educate them. I take pics
of obstacles like the ones you mentioned not to educate, but to illustrate
that the camera is a tool I use to get a better "view" of the world around
me. If I can't figure something out, or if I think I've got something
figured out but would like a bit of confirmation, I whip out my pocket
camera and take a few clicks. Later, I get somebody with sight to tell me
what they see. It's just another way to make my life a bit easier.
Rest assured, the pics you mentioned will end up on my site. Although, I
was wi****ng I'd taken my camera along the other day when I encountered a
twisted car bumper stretched across the sidewalk. It would have been even
more dramatic than the pile of tree clippings.
I hope that people understand that I simply love to take pictures.
Photography was a big part of my life when I had better eyes, but
technology
(and a bit of stubbornness) is making it possible for me to continue doing
what I love.
Also, I have many stories yet to tell about how my guides, both Bonner and
Dima, saved me from serious injury (maybe even death). And, I'm sure my
next guide will do the same. I just have to find a balance between taking
pics, writing narratives and getting all the technical details of web
publi****ng out of the way.
Take Care,
Dudley
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