As a photographer, I know that I tend to take photos when I reach the summit of a mountain. Even if clouds are obscuring my vision beyond five feet, I’ll take a photo, just to prove I’ve been there. Looking through my folders of photos, all safely stored on my external hard drive, I notice other trends in my picture taking. I like to take photos of food, glacial rocks, flowers, bumblebees, shadows, weird mushrooms, reflections, furry and feathered animals (usually blurry), and … my feet? Yes, I have a habit of photographing my feet. I realized this today and began collecting all the foot photos I could find on my hard drive. I ended up with 20 photos in 20 different locations. Why, you may ask. Good question. I could come up with a completely bogus philosophical essay about how my feet symbolize my love for hiking. The funny thing is that if I go back to the times that I took each individual foot picture, I think I took them for different reasons. I’ll give my best guess for the reasoning behind each foot photo in the caption of 12 select foot photos here.
If you’re wondering, I will continue to take foot photos, but now I’ll be more aware of what I’m doing and I’m afraid the photos won’t be as candid. I guess that makes this album a gem.
