On a summer day in 1827, it took eight hours for Joseph Nicéphore Niépce to obtain the first fixed image. About the same time a fellow Frenchman, Louis Jacques Mandé Daguerre was experimenting to find a way to capture an image, but it would take another dozen years before he was able to reduce the exposure time to less than 30 minutes and keep the image from disappearing... ushering in the age of photography.

We owe the name "Photography" to Sir John Herschel, who first used the term in 1839, the year the photographic process became public. The word is derived from the Greek words for "light" and "writing." And of course with the advances and innovation of cameras, the latest being digital, revolutionized by remarkable geniuses, it is just simply astounding. Without them and their brilliance, we wouldn't be able to enjoy and reminisce on those captured moments for posterity.

Here is my compilation of all sorts of snapshots -- from treasured mementos to recent travels -- through the years.

Tasmania Holiday 2006

Great Ocean Road trip with Mom 2006

New Year's Eve 2006

My 30th birthday

Christmas 2007

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Great Moments of the 20th Century

Roundabout Australia

First Aussie Holiday: Apollo Bay along Great Ocean Road

First Aussie Holiday: Twelve Apostles

First Aussie Holiday: Fauna Australia

First Aussie Holiday: and then some more along the way

Second Aussie Holiday: NSW and Canberra

Home for Christmas 2003

Summer 2004 in Australia - Red Hill Cherry Picking

Star Sightings

Home for the Summer 2005

Summer Christmas at the Grampians 2005

New Year's Eve 2005