Photos = Life (403 words)

My favorite thing as a photographer is the beauty captured in a photo. Cheesy, I know. But honestly, I don’t think there is anything more exciting than capturing a time in someone’s life. A moment.

A moment is what creates a photo. Some moments are planned, and turn out just as great as or even better than they were planned. But some, the best of moments come unplanned and turn out to be some of the best things to happen to people in their lives, and to capture that is something even more magical.

The reason I know these things is the simple feelings I get when I look back at pictures of when I was around 3-6, a time I don’t remember that well but thanks to a camera, can look back to and remember the events so well.

In old photos, I can come across the warm familiarity of my mother’s smile, and the presence of my dad trying his hardest to hide from the camera. I can see pictures so vivid that my mind goes straight back to that point in my life. Which, to me, is amazing.

Maybe I am a bit bias when it comes to photography, being a photographer after all. But really, have you ever heard someone complain about being able to remember a wonderful memory of theirs? I haven’t. Good memories are proven to be good for the soul, I think…

I look at pictures as flashcards of our past. Lol, deep, I know. But they are. They’re there to refresh us of our memories of the good times and even the bad times, to show us how far we have come or how low we’ve sunk.

I guess that’s why some people hide from them, or burn them, or rip them. It’s like erasing your past I guess. Kind of sad though, I really don’t think I could ever get myself to burn photos, I already have difficulties deleting them from my cellphone.

In conclusion, I guess my point is, more people should keep photos around, no matter what they are, no matter how old they are, bad good, they represent life. They’re moments, remember? And moments are what make us who we are, the good, and the bad, remember? They are reminders, they are flashcards, they are a study technique of life. They are a type of philosophy within their own.

 

 Beautiful, remember?