Photography...

Date: 11-2-2022

Before I begin, I realized I have always written from a third person point of view. Therefore, I'll attempt to write from a first person point of view so this would feel closer to my readers. I also know I should be uploading more articles here, but I can get lazy and school has dumped assignments on my head so I'm writing because I got motivated to do a bit of writing... Alright let's do this.

As a person, I'd look at pictures and I would marvel at how those pictures came to be, the patience that came with it especially those wildlife photographers and I'd come to appreciate and respect their art.

While writing this, I remembered the first time I stepped into a photo studio and I was amazed. It was an experience I can't describe. There was the fear of stepping into unknown territory, like leaving my comfort zone to learn something that was different from books ( at this point I've done books almost all my life) so trying photography was something else. What I'm trying to say is that “ we often discover things outside our comfort zone”. Just like gold has to be refined in the fire before it becomes beautiful. I'm not saying we need to go through hardship before we become successful, after people flourish under easy periods in their life, but good things can come when we leave the nest .

As an individual, I really love taking pictures. My Pinterest app is full of pictures I've saved, I have over eight thousand pictures I've saved. They consist of different things I consider interesting. I get lost in Pinterest at times, it's like “Social Media” with the absence of people; I don't know if you get me. The app is so peaceful, it is not like Twitter where everyone is savage or Instagram where you'd feel oppressed. Pinterest is really underrated and it's good for your mental health, that's why I have so many pictures there.

So someone might ask me “why did you decide to go into photography?” I'd say I wanted to take the coolest pictures because I love taking cool pictures. However, things changed; maybe I had an existential awakening that life goes on and it'd never stop for anyone so you might as well make memories. Even before I got a camera I'd take pictures with a blur effect or pictures with aesthetic vibes. That's the type of pictures I like, aesthetic pictures. I really cannot explain what they are, but they are really crazy (in a cool way).

Aesthetic pictures can come in many different forms but at the end of the day, they involve a lot of editing behind the scenes and that's what most people do not understand. Photography goes beyond taking pictures with a camera, it involves hours of creativity alongside editing to make a picture perfect. I've had to learn this the hard way. I have done some work with a studio ( I'm still an amateur) and I know how hard it can get, especially when you have uncooperative customers. Along the line, you'd see how life is, having to deal with different people all the time and trust me it does get overwhelming but it is necessary to develop.

I don't have a specific role model when it comes to photography, I'm doing as I see fit. It's a hobby at this point so there's no pressure. I'm taking this thing one at a time and I'll get to the peak. I still have people I admire, my boss, I have a course-mate who is a boss in photography and their pictures are just very creative.

I think I'll end it here. I have run out of things to say but I'll be back to say more, eventually. I'm eventually come out my shell and you'll be seeing a lot of me here.