Photography has been in my life for as long as I can remember. At first I saw photography as the bothersome activity that my mom and aunts performed at family gathers, birthdays, holidays and other special occasions. They would gather all of us kids together and have us smile and pose to capture the moment. Then as I grew and got into sports I saw photography as the job that some man or woman conducted on the sidelines capturing action shots and holding victorious moments or sad defeats forever in an image. As I matured and went further into my life I saw how happy people were to take photos of hings they were doing and then spin around and show them to people to show the exciting moments in their lives. Soon I started to see how important photos were to people, whether they were documenting their own life or whether they were dong it as a means of work and everything else in between.
When it came to me and my personal use for it I actually never gave it much thought. I would rather just live in the moment than put a camera between me and what was around me. To me i felt like in a way that took away from the moment and made it less special. I figured my personal memories of my life and experiences was enough. It wasn't until recently that i realized cameras and photos didn't take away from the moment. It was actually quit the opposite. They enhanced the moment and the gave you a way to capture it forever. Now I find myself going to my parents house going through all the old photos that my mom had spent all those years taking and compiling them into books for us to look back on. To me i see photography no as something that has the capability of being extremely personal and special.
I believe photography is an amazing thing. Sure photos themselves can be beautiful and thought provoking but the real gem isn't the photo. Rather the real gem is the story and journey that is behind every photo and what the individual that took it went through and experience while capturing it.
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