Took a walk today - a half-mile walk - the first one in a month. Got cleared to put 25% of my weight on my surgeried leg. You may think this wouldn’t make much difference, but the ability to put some weight on my right leg makes a huge difference. I can use my right leg to balance while I bake or cook or mix. Every step is safer, especially going up stairs. I can actually walk, instead of crutch around. Yes, I still have crutches, but am less dependent on them. This is the first step toward ditching them.

Today’s photograph is merely documentation of this period in my life. This aspect of photography may not be glamorous, but is important. And with the ability to easily manipulate photographs in programs such as Photoshop, maintaining the accuracy/realism of documentation/journalism photos is the responsibility of the ethical photographer. Very different from fine art photography, which attempts to share the vision of the photographer with the viewer, induce an emotional response, or tell a story.

So I’ve been sprung from jail - and am walking away as fast as I can.