The Mind of a Photographer
Uploaded: February 17, 2005 02:26:47
or demented lunatic, take your pick.
Colleen Braun February 17, 2005
LOL, this is superb... #216269Susana Matos February 17, 2005
what a gorgeous creative image!!!!!!!!!!!Carolyn M. Fletcher February 17, 2005
There's a difference?? LOL..This is so cool, Paul!!!! #1108548Paul Smith February 17, 2005
Pure creative genius! #1108561Kathleen Clemons February 17, 2005
This is just awesome, Paul! Sooo creative! A BIG Happy Birthday to you!! #1108568Joy Brown February 17, 2005
An OUTSTANDING creation, Paul - HAPPY BIRTHDAY! #1108582Leanne M.E. Boyd February 17, 2005
Amazing image Paul! Happy Birthday! #1108600Kelly Abernathy February 17, 2005
This is so creative and cool Paul! Love it! Hope you have a terrific birthday!! -K #1108616Allan L. Whitehead February 17, 2005
Magnificent presentation, Paul, most of us take it a little easier on our birthday's, eh… Very well done, my dear friend, HAPPY BIRTHDAY - Allan #1108630Tammy Scott February 17, 2005
Great job, Paul!!!! I choose mind of a photographer because if not, I am a lunatic as well!!!!! :) Happy Birthday!!!!!! #1108641Cathy Gregor February 17, 2005
Awesome idea and execution, Paul!#1108677
Darren K. Fisher February 17, 2005
Happy Birthday Paul. This is image is awesome and very creative. #1108685Carla Metzler February 17, 2005
Very creative, Paul! Happy Birthday! #1108706Danilo Piccioni February 17, 2005
Extremely creative ans a Very Happy Birthday Paul!Dado #1108718
Janet L. Skinner February 17, 2005
Paul, this is the most brilliant creative work. Excellent!!!! A big Happy Birthday to you!!! #1108731Deborah C. Lewinson February 17, 2005
Awesome, exciting, creative, brilliant, Paul, WOW!!!!Mata Patan February 17, 2005
You chose a very wonderful and creative image on your birthday! I'm sure this will be a nice gift 'cause I'm sure to see it again!!Cindy Paquette February 17, 2005
A huge standing "O" on this fabulous and extremely creative image Paul! It's over the top and I just believe we shall see this again!A wonderful birthday is wished for you today! Enjoy it to the fullest! #1108830
Kathryn (Love) Scheet February 17, 2005
great one Paul!!!! very creative!Happy Birthday! #1108840
Dolores Neilson February 17, 2005
Paul....this is one superb and creative shot!! What a wonderful portrayal of the photographer's mind...so artfully done. I expect to see this again! I love that you're backlit (at least I think it's you). Well done! #1108869Casey A. Hanson February 17, 2005
Paul, this is too cool! Very well done!Charlene Bayerle February 17, 2005
Awesome work Paul!!!Marcie A. Fowler February 17, 2005
Waht a wonderful way to celebrate yourself on your birthday. This image is just too clever. Very well thought out and executed Paul. I LOVE it!! #1108956Debra Booth February 17, 2005
LOL, Paul! Great image!Walter Graziano February 17, 2005
Real interesting shot Paul! #1108974Amy N. Cappelli February 17, 2005
Happy Birthday, Mr. Photographer and Demented Lunatic! I hope your day is wonderful :-)Julie Abston February 17, 2005
Love it! So very original and creative!!!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! Hope you have a great day! #1108989cj patterson February 17, 2005
Fantastic image!! Wow, so creative!!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU! Great work!!! #1109039Donna J. Taff February 17, 2005
Wonderful, creative, fantastic; I could use so many word's for this image. You have a lot of stuff in your head Paul and the good thing is that you use it. Happy Birthday my FRIEND!!!! #1109088Bonnie C. Lackey February 17, 2005
Amazing...Paul, you and Evy come up with ideas that leave me bemused! Cheers to you on your birthday and to this image... #1109137Terry R. Hatfield February 17, 2005
Amazing Paul Very Creative!!Claudia Kuhn February 17, 2005
HAPPY BIRTHDAY PAUL!!This is so great! Nice work! #1109191
Gloria B. Wood February 17, 2005
Oh boy...you saved one of your very best and winning (I think) images for your birthday! Absolutely wonderful creative image! Happy Birthday once again!!!Stacey M February 17, 2005
Happy Birthday Paul - this is an awesome image!! #1109200Eric Schneider February 17, 2005
Very creative and looks like whats going on in my brain as well. My wife thinks Im nuts..Ha ha !Paul Michko February 17, 2005
Thank you all so very much for all the wonderful comments. You have made my birthday a memorable one. And yes, this is my silhouette in this shot. Sorry if I scared anyone. :) May we all live forever and celebrate our birthday's together for eternity. Hoopa!!! #1109270Adilson F. Ferreira February 17, 2005
Terrific image Paul!!!Dale Ann Cubbage February 17, 2005
Very intriguing and interesting image Paul! Yes,I think most photographer's are both!! Happy birthday big guy! Great image, very creative!da #1109294
Mellanie February 17, 2005
LOL! Thanks for the laugh this morning, Paul! This is wonderful!Dan Holm February 17, 2005
OUTSTANDING image, Paul!!! Very creative, excellent work! ... HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! #1109570Stanley J. Contrades February 17, 2005
:-)!!! Bravo!! Originality, uniqueness, and creativity just seeps out of this image, Paul, and expect to see this one again! Have a very Happy Birthday!!Kathleen F. Greer February 17, 2005
LOL!!! Love it! Happy Birthday Paul!! #1109797Donna W. Neal February 17, 2005
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOUThis is so great love your creativeness on this Paul. #1109912
Elisabeth A. Gay February 17, 2005
Many happy returns Paul!! What a fantastic creative shot - this is a winner if every I saw one!Marsha S. Smith February 17, 2005
Paul, so that is where all that stuff you come up with comes from. I have often wondered. I hear its your Birthday - WELL - Happy Birthday to you!!!!Cathy Stancil February 17, 2005
Well done Paul ! This is soo cool ! It's nice to meet your silouhette...Have a wonderful birthday ! #1110100Stephen Zacker February 17, 2005
This is a new one for me Paul. Well done and very creative. Happy Birthday! #1110124Judy S. Fung February 17, 2005
Terrific image, Paul! Very creative! Happy birthday to you!! #1110159Lisa Deaton February 17, 2005
So creative!!!! I really like this photo. Great Job!! #1110225Kathleen K. Parker February 17, 2005
I love this super wonderful demented photographer photo!! It says it ALL, Paul!!! Splendid, amazing, delightful compostion!! And Happy Birthday!!!Paul Michko February 17, 2005
Thank you all so much for the great comment, birthday wishes and the vote of confidence on this shot. #1110457Diane Dupuis February 18, 2005
Wow Paul! This is simply FANTASTIC! #1110688Karen Engelbreth February 18, 2005
WOW - fantastic and very creative image, Paul!Paul Michko February 18, 2005
Thanks, Diane and Karen. #1115296Allan L. Whitehead February 19, 2005
Paul, congratulations on this late birthday present and your finalist selection. Well done, and good luck in the next step - your good friend, Allan #1115570Jane Summa February 21, 2005
Happy Belated Birthday Paul!Jim Kinnunen February 22, 2005
Wonderfully creative image Paul!!! #1127032Stanley J. Contrades February 23, 2005
Big CONGRATULATIONS, Paul, on your image being selected as the POTD! Fabulous job and a very creative composition as well!Patricia A. Kuniega February 23, 2005
What a marvelously creative image that speaks to the art of photography! Congratulations on your wonderfully executed POTD, Paul!#1127432
S J February 23, 2005
Many Congratulations on this well deserving POTD, Paul!! #1127433pix & pixels February 23, 2005
Very creative thought,I love the idea very much...Keep it up dear.HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY to u keep clicking friend. #1127434
Dan Holm February 23, 2005
CONGRATULATIONS on your POTD, Paul!!! #1127439Susie Peek-Swint February 23, 2005
Very cool and creative ~ definitely a Kodachrome mind! Congrats on potd! #1127475Paul Michko February 23, 2005
Thanks so much, everyone for the great comments, and thanks BetterPhoto for a nice belated Birthday present. :) #1127516Arya Bandyopadhyay February 23, 2005
Congrats on your POTD, Paul!! Excellent presentation!! #1127524Judy S. Fung February 23, 2005
Congrats on your POTD, Paul!! #1127526Donna R. Moratelli February 23, 2005
Ah,ha,ha,ha, that's GREAT; Pa;ul!! I love it!Kelly Abernathy February 23, 2005
Congrats Paul! Way to go! -K #1127533Ellen Devenny February 23, 2005
I love it!!! #1127534Alan L. Borror February 23, 2005
Congrats on your POTD, Paul. Just super. #1127575Allan L. Whitehead February 23, 2005
Paul, congratulations on the terrific 'POTD' selection. It is very well deserved and I'm very proud of this for you. Well done, my very dear friend - your good friend, Allan #1127579Dr Silly February 23, 2005
One word COOl! #1127590Stephen Zacker February 23, 2005
This is Very creative and original. Congrats on your POTD #1127628Darren K. Fisher February 23, 2005
No surprise here. A big congrats to you Paul. #1127638Dorothy Neumann February 23, 2005
WOW, Paul, this is GREAT! Congrats on your POTD and a belated Happy Birthday! #1127642Ed Heaton February 23, 2005
Good morning Paul,Donna W. Neal February 23, 2005
Congratulations of POTD Paul!!! #1127664Wendy Stevenson February 23, 2005
OK, this is amazingly creative and so well done!! A big congrats on your POTD!!! #1127700Joy Brown February 23, 2005
Absolutely outstanding and most well deserved POTD!!! Congrats Paul! #1127706Bonnie C. Lackey February 23, 2005
Hooray!!! Congrats on you POTD! #1127707Kathleen Clemons February 23, 2005
YEA for you, Paul!!! #1127716Amy N. Cappelli February 23, 2005
Congratulations on this fabulous POTD! #1127721Claudia Kuhn February 23, 2005
Congrats on your POTD Paul, this is soooo great! #1127726Donald L. Smith February 23, 2005
Very Creative..Only "The Mind of a Photographer" would think that way.Debra Booth February 23, 2005
Congrats, Paul! Great POTD!! #1127778Marilou Olejniczak February 23, 2005
What an excellent, creative, portrait Paul! #1127782Cindy Paquette February 23, 2005
A huge Congratulations and High Five Paul...this is an outstanding image!! #1127820Deborah C. Lewinson February 23, 2005
Hearty congrats on your masterful, stunning, and brilliant POTD, Paul, so glad to see this here and expect to see it again and again!LOL DonnaRae, this is a family site!
-Debby #1127892
Tom Andersen February 23, 2005
Fantastic image, Paul! Congratulations on PoTD! #1127910Peggy Wolff February 23, 2005
Congrats Paul on your POTD with this very creative and well done photo! #1127983Peggy Wolff February 23, 2005
Congrats Paul on your POTD with this very creative and well done photo! #1127984Casey A. Hanson February 23, 2005
COngrats on your POTD, Paul! :0) #1127991Jeff Lovinger February 23, 2005
Congratulations Paul !!! Fantastic, very creative, as usual. Now we can actually see what's in that creative mind:)Jane Summa February 23, 2005
Fantastic Paul! A very well deserved POTD!!!!I thought this was a pretty kool image..I'm happy BP thought so, too! Congratulations :-)! #1128027Wally Orlowsky February 23, 2005
Congratulations on this creative POTD, Paul. It's good to see how open-minded you are ;) #1128028Charlene Bayerle February 23, 2005
Amazing work Paul and well deserved POTD!!!!!! Congratulations!!! #1128029Kay Beausoleil February 23, 2005
Wonderful POTD, Paul -- I'm sure it struck a chord with most of us! Congratulations! #1128048Kathleen R. Struckle February 23, 2005
Superb!! congrats on POTD!! Happy Birthday!! #1128068Dan Walters February 23, 2005
Very cool image. #1128073Murry Grigsby February 23, 2005
Congrats on your very creative (self-portrait?) image and terrific POTD Paul! Super silhouette and bright assortment of colors in your BRAIN :0) #1128075Cathy Barrows February 23, 2005
Congrats on your POTD...how cool and creative is this...when was your Bday #1128079Kathleen K. Parker February 23, 2005
Hooray, Paul, for the POTD. I love this image!!Sharon Day February 23, 2005
Outstanding and so creative, Paul!!! Congratulations on POTD! Well done indeed!!! #1128108Evy Johansen February 23, 2005
Awww - this is really cool! Very creative! Big congratulations on your POTD win, Paul! #1128140Nancy Grace Chen February 23, 2005
Excellent idea and very creative!! Congrats on your POTD.Nancy #1128225
Kathleen N. Nelson February 23, 2005
This is awesome. You are very creative, Paul. Congratulations on your POTD! #1128245Leanne M.E. Boyd February 23, 2005
Congratulatiosn Paul, on your POTD! #1128274Eric Highfield February 23, 2005
Brilliant!! Congratulations on your POTD Paul! #1128278Karen Engelbreth February 23, 2005
Big congrats on your POTD, Paul! #1128301Diane Addonizio February 23, 2005
Congratulations on POTD, Paul !!! Very creative !! #1128324Dale Ann Cubbage February 23, 2005
Congrats on POTD Paul! I knew this would get some recognition. And I don't know what Ed's problem is, but this is actually several photOgraphs combined to create on great piece of photoart.da #1128333
Constance Kessel February 23, 2005
THIS IS TRULY AWESOME!! VERY CREATIVE AND ARTFULLY DONE! CONGRATS ON POTD, YOU DESERVE IT!!#1128367
Kathryn (Love) Scheet February 23, 2005
congrats Paul!!! great belated b-day suprise huh? #1128371Joy M. Holster February 23, 2005
So cool! Congrats on your POTD! #1128465Shirley Pearce February 23, 2005
Paul, I usually just look at the POTD and move on, but this image really caught my eye. How truly delightful and creative of you! Great job!! I'll remember this one and be soooo jealous!! #1128521Lorraine T. Lynch February 23, 2005
Let me add my congratulations Paul! Very creative and fun! Happy Birthday too! #1128580Paul Michko February 23, 2005
Thank you all so very much. I wanted this image to speak to all my fellow photograhers and good or bad it has. We all use our creativity in the pursuit of our passion everyday. And that is a magnificent thing. :) #1128924Robert N. Valine February 23, 2005
This is brilliant ! What a concept. You don't have to be a demented Lunatic to be a photographer. But, I think it might help sometimes. Maybe it's what keeps us creating new things without the promise of a return on our efforts. Great image ! #1128959Donna La Mattino Pagakis February 23, 2005
Congratulations on your potd win!! Well done!! #1128982William C. Raco February 23, 2005
Wonderfully creative and well done, Paulbill
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Kathleen F. Greer February 23, 2005
Way to go Paul!! Congratulations!! #1129515Diane Dupuis February 24, 2005
Congrats on your well-deserved POTD Paul! #1130184Adilson F. Ferreira February 24, 2005
Congratulations on your POTD Paul!!! #1130521Terry R. Hatfield February 24, 2005
Hi Paul,Congratulations On Your POTD Its Very Creative And Well Thought Out!! #1130733Carol Engstrom February 24, 2005
Congrats, Paul! Nicely done! #1130899Carol Brill February 25, 2005
What a terrific concept shot, Paul, I think at times combining 'photographer' and 'lunatic' in one breath is very apropos!! Congratulations on this imaginative POTD! #1133341L Dunlavey February 26, 2005
Love this photo. What a great look.Darla Cobus March 03, 2005
Some how I missed this photo, Wow this is really creative. Great job!!!!! #1144835Iva Villi March 16, 2005
Such a great photo Paul! Love it! :o) #1178796Eric Schneider April 02, 2005
Man that was a loooooonnnnggggg thread. I still really love this shot. Just thought ID tell you again. #1223891Denise A. Johnson May 08, 2006
amazing.........just amazing #2736729Manuel Barrera June 17, 2006
The essence of a photographer! #2906714Anita Bower May 21, 2007
Browsing through your gallery, I came across this photo. It made me smile. Great idea and execution.Lisa J. Boulden March 22, 2014
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