The Eramosa River this morning

I am terrified of photographing strangers. I don't know why. As a reporter I had to photograph all kinds of people whether they objected or not. Somewhere in the intervening years I lost my courage. It is an intolerable fear. I want to photograph people and have been bracing myself for it.

This morning I had no choice. It was take the picture or consign myself to eternal conflagration. To walk away from this moment would have been artistic cowardice of the highest order.

The act was exhilerating.