Never mind photography...

Brian Sweeney said:
After being a manager for almost 15 years, and now being Technical Again...

Sitting at a Lab Bench in front of an O-Scope and Logic Analyzer debugging an electronics board that I designed, built, and programmed. In FORTRAN and Assembly Language...

Whatever I did to become a manager, I paid my Dues, and promise to never do it again.
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Let me guess... you got that o-scope for $5 at the local flea market! :angel:

For me:

- spreading a blanket out on the driveway at dusk and watching for shooting stars with my son and daughter
- summer evenings making s'mores in the yard with the kids (my son calls it camping)
- an (sometimes) annual meetup at a baseball city with my old high school buddies
- a cruise on an old Indian, Harley, or Beemer
- watching the last pile of snow melt and run down the driveway in the spring
 
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> Let me guess... you got that o-scope for $5 at the local flea market!

I do have one like that, being thrown out of a school. A Triumph 241 Oscillograph from World War II. I repaired it and brought it into the Lab. But I normally use the Tek 2465B. Last of the Analog O-Scopes.
 
seeing an elusive animal in its natural environment without having a camera or not being able to take a picture. Then I can simply enjoy the moment and not worry about light, composition, missing the shot, etc.
 
The anticipation of waiting for the Celtics playoff game to start, sipping a beer and waiting for my pizza to be ready. Then, later my wife comes home form a girls night and I give her a big hug.

Also, the moment I send in my mortgage payment each month, knowing how hard I worked for that money and the satisfaction that comes with that, no matter how hard it is.
 
Driving. Wether it be a mid afternoon pleasure drive through the mountains whilst the sun is lowest in the sky, or having a nicely prepped car constantly squirm underneath you as you push harder and harder around a track.

Music - the type that lets you get lost in it.
 
Sitting in the sun in the late evening in midsummer, listening to the birds and insects, and Oskar the cat--------snoring!!!!
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Meeting someone different, very different, while being in a very different, place. Talking, developing a short term relationship, finding all the things you really have in common in spite of the obvious differences, finding all of the differences in spite of the obvious commonalities. Making the most of the present time without knowing if your paths will ever cross again but knowing that if it does happen, both of you will be happy.

These are the times when things are so good that you do not bring out a camera because you know there is no way the feeling can be captured by any tangible means. But you know that it will be in your mind for some time.
 
Last Friday, I made time to hang out with my sister and a few of our friends. Fairly low key; a few beers, a little red wine, some good food and lots of great conversation. And some truly bad jokes. We've all known each other for a lot of years now and that sense of "home" when I get to spend time with these folks is stronger than ever. And it is the people not where we are that gives me this feeling. I stopped bringing a camera along to these gatherings a long time ago; there really isn't any need to because the people I would share the pictures with were/are all there.
Rob
 
When a girl I'm infatuated with turns out to feel the same.

Taxiing onto the runway and stopping at the hold short line to and giving the engine throttle. Then feeling gravity give out.

Rolling my mountain bike down a 50 degree decline over earth and jagged rocks and coming out of it with grace.

Exploring cities and small towns I've never been to before in the late hours of a summer evening when the streets are empty.

When an editor tells me I did good.
 
How about sitting down with the first 'real' guitar you ever had (1964 model purchased in 1964), and then playing 'La Comparsita' for the 4000th time. And you are by yourself and think that may have been the best I've ever played that tune.
 
landing a backside 360 when even the rude kids on the chairlift cheered, and then riding away like it's nothing.

sitting on a board just drifting, staring out into nothing but the sky, the ocean, and the line where they seem to meet, waiting for the next wave to come.

driving without having a destination.

any form of spinal decompression.
 
feenej said:
Long distance running, long distance Nordic skiing. That's what keeps the demons out of my head.
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I can relate. Even though I never ran, I was an ultra-marathon cyclist (200+ miles/day) in the '80s, and that's a sure cure for keeping the demons at bay. Now days, I'm satisfied with anything between 20 and 100 mile rides.

Aside from that, I experience much joy in singing. I'm not a professional, as my wife is (opera), but I love to sing in my church's choir. When we learn a piece well, and it's a well-written piece, you can feel a power running through you that no camera could ever accurately record. I also love spending time with my wife. She is truly my best friend. My dog is a close second. 😉
 
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