The Outline for the Day.

Sometimes you set out to simply photograph. Sometimes you don't always catch what it is you were looking for. I love those kind of days.

Today, I captured more than I ever thought I would. Though I didn't get to take photos of certain scenes I had hoped to. To the right is my little sister. She looks happy because she is happy. She looks playful because she is. This is the kind of shot I'm talking about. I had no intention of taking portraits at all today. Posed to Spontaneous, it didn't matter, but it most certainly happened. It is a wonderful thing to see. =]

I'm not going to school for photography and I had hoped too, but perhaps I won't. I like the idea of learning on my own and I don't think I should have a paper to proove I know how to use a camera. It would seem like work that way, don't you think? This is a love of mine and I simply cannot imagine wanting to do it as a chore or for a living. This is a hobby. I have had some family members want me to sell some prints. She claims she will buy them. That is a wonderful thing to hear, but I'm thinking that perhaps she would be the only one at the moment. Having no one else say anything similar.

Which leads me on to my next point. Simply because this is a hobby I take photos of things that matter to me in life, of things that have a message, of something that holds deep memories, or of things I want to keep a small piece of. I doubt that everyone can see the same photo exactly as I do, which is the beauty in all art, but very few people can understand what it is I'm trying to photograph to begin with. I had a friend tell me once that, "The shot is too flat. It needs a story." Of course it does and it did, but he could not see it. Even after telling the history behind the photo he still could not grasp what it was that made me love the photo when he did not.

When looking at a photo, yes there would be that "certain something" That catches your eye, but is that really what makes you view it? I look at the photos that trigger an emotion, a memory, or a thought. They don't have to feature super models or have that fantastic equipment. That is not always how that works.

I capture life.

I Added a quote at the bottom of my blog. When he speaks, its like poetry. He speaks only truth when it comes to this hobby of ours and it makes me smile. He always makes me smile.