Here’s a photo from several years ago, March 2005 to be exact. I’ve always liked this image. We were visiting my parents while they were wintering in St. Pete Beach in Florida. One of the attractions there is Fort. De Soto, and I wanted to try to get a sunset photo at the pier. The rest of the group was getting ready to go out to dinner, so my mother went with me to enjoy the sunset on the beach.
It’s certainly not the greatest sunset picture I’ve ever seen, but it’s meaningful because of the circumstances. My mother, though, has always thought it was one of worlds greatest works of art. I guess since she’s my mother, she may be less than 100 percent objective. Anyway, a couple of years later, she took her framed print off the wall and entered it into a local photography contest, in my name. And guess what – it won second place.
None of that makes the photo any better as a work of art, but it sure adds to the memories it carries for me.
