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Doesn’t it make you mad when someone says, “You should put down the camera and enjoy the moment?” Or they say something like; “It’s not always about the picture you know?”
Well it infuriates the hell out of me! Because in my world it is always about the picture! And I am enjoying the moment! It is always about the recorded image from a fleeting moment in time that helps us remember people, places, and events. Photographs also help us share those moments with loved ones, and the world! Photographs help us pass on our life to those who come afterwards, with images that recreate the nostalgic moments of our past!
After all, how could we share things from our past, and move forward into the future if not for photographs? Ok there is always the very descriptive writer… but you know what they say a picture is worth don’t you? I’m so tired of getting dogged for doing what I do by the people who are suppose to love me! Either you’re with me, or against me! Everyone comments on the beautiful work I do… “Oh… that’s so pretty, you’re so talented!” Yet in the next sentence they are saying things like, “is that all you do?” Or, “I’m surprised you don’t sleep with your camera!”
Well here’s the deal… in my portfolio I have collected images of landmarks that no longer exist. I have captured loved ones that no longer exist, and I have captured babies from before they were born, to new born, to grade school, and beyond. For parents to display, cherish, and share! Someday they will be able to show their child that picture and say, “Look, that was me when I was little.”
Photographs are also great for comparing likenesses. “Oh look, he looks just like his father at that age!” Or “She has her mothers eyes… see!” Photos are also great for comparing space and time, and the world around us. I remember when I was a young girl reading the book “The Titanic.” Now there weren’t many pictures in that book, but the ones that were there…. Amazing! I looked into the eyes of Captain Edward Smith, I could witness the size of the massive ship, and most importantly it brought the past into perspective for me. Do you think the movie “Titanic” would have been produced if not for some type of photographs as a guide? That is only one for instance in a world of many.
So to all you people out there who don’t like what I do, or don’t like looking at me with a camera in front of my face… Go to Hell!! Someday you will be looking at a photo of someone, or something that I captured, and you’ll appreciate that you have it! So in the future don’t tell me it’s not all about the photograph… because, really, it is!
Love, Laughs, and Photographs,
Wendy
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