| | Why I Love Photography
As a writer pens a vignette, so I shoot with a camera. It is the instant beauty of a sunset just before it sinks behind some trees; it is the ridiculous expression on my sister's face before she laughs. These moments I live for and cherish; with a camera, I can capture them and show the world what I think is beautiful and worth recollection.
I have always liked taking pictures, but my ardor for photography did not emerge until my trip to Connecticut before sophomore year of high school. I did not possess any camera at the time, digital or disposable, but by divine intervention, my Aunt K did. It was fortuitous, because the scenery around my Aunt P's house (where I was staying) was remarkable. The second morning I was there, I borrowed Aunt K's camera and ventured outside just after the sun had fully risen. It was bright and breezy, and I remember the satisfactory feeling of taking what I thought was a pretty or interesting picture of the pond and trees. After shooting approximately twenty pictures, it occurred to me that I truly enjoyed doing this. Feeling proud, I displayed my pictures to my family, all members encouraging me to take more.
After I finished my ‘exhibition’, my cousins then paraded their pictures of volcanoes in the Hawaiian Islands. Slumped in the wooden chair in the kitchen, staring at the photo of some striking lava pools, the desire for photography deeply embedded itself into my heart. I wanted to go places that I have never been, to experience everything of the world, not only for my benefit, but also for humankind. Seeing the enraptured faces of my family - and my own in a windowpane - furthered my desire.
As I matured, this sensation has only intensified. I long to share excitement, joy, sorrow, every emotion in the spectrum of life; what I see I also want my loved ones to see. This craving for sharing fuels my desire to travel; I want to know the world to share it. Climbing fifty feet up a rocky ledge would not bother me in the slightest if people gasped in awe at the resulting picture. I am also a very social person; I love to observe and talk to people. Even more, I love the challenge of clicking the button at exactly the right second to demonstrate a funny face or couple's love for each other. I fully believe that images work so much better than words, because people can understand intentions far better in a thousand pixels than a thousand words. They are how I process information and how I express myself.
These yearnings - to show that in our despairing age there are virtues remaining; to encapsulate people's inherent nature; overcome physical obstacles - are all part of my passion for photography. These are part of why I aspire to go into photojournalism - I get an adrenaline high from shooting events, and traveling to do my job would be even more exciting. Artistic photography would allow me the same freedoms in a different way; I think differently than most people, so with my photographs I would attempt to express a certain emotion or message in an innovative fashion. I have not had training in this however, but it is something I genuinely look forward to learning about and achieving.
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On another note, I removed pictures from two memory cards into one folder on my desktop. There are 1,007 items.
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| | Posted 2/12/2009 8:11 PM - 14 Views - 2 eProps - 1 Comment
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