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The Importance Of Photography

This Is How Photography Changed My Life And I Hope It Will Change Yours Too

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The Importance Of Photography
Brandon Arlington

You probably have a few pictures of yourself and a few pictures of your family too that you absolutely adore. Every time you look at those pictures you can remember exactly what you felt in all of those moments. Maybe you like those pictures because you felt so joyful in those moments or you just think you look pretty darn good in that picture. Photography is an amazing thing that allows us not to just capture moments but, to freeze all of the emotions associated with those moments in time.

The phrase “a picture is worth a thousand words” never fully made sense to me until I started taking photographs on my own. I couldn’t bring myself to understand the idea that a visual form of art could have more meaning than a paragraph that described the same scene in great detail. I understood the concept that people can interpret the meaning of a picture in more ways than a paragraph that described that same scene but, it made so much more sense to me after I discovered my passion for taking pictures to share with others.

I first discovered my passion for photography at a summer camp during elementary school while I was taking a photography class. In this class we had to take a bunch of pictures with a partner and I was paired with this nice kid named Eric. We hit it off and became good friends over the course of the week and I remember looking back at the pictures that we had taken during that class later that summer and I remembered all of the emotions and just how much fun I had with Eric during the week. This is when I fell in love with the idea of photography.

A freeze frame in time where I can capture all the thoughts and emotions of a moment and preserve them so that they can be remembered by some and shown to all. There are so many famous photographs that have invoked so many emotions across the world. Pictures are powerful enough to start movements and invoke change and that’s one of the reasons why I love them so much.

Everyone has the ability to take pictures too. Cameras have become so widely available to people across the world with the advancement of smartphones and other small handheld cameras. This new technology allows us to be able to capture the everyday beauty in the laughter that ensues at the dinner table or the many sunsets around the world. I love the fact that so many people around the world have the opportunity to share their own perspectives with others.

We have so much to learn from others and looking at their pictures is a great way to see the world from their point of view. I love being able to share the amazing perspectives in which I view the world with everyone and photography has given me that opportunity. It is so much fun for me to carry a camera in my pocket everywhere I go because I never know when an opportunity is going to pop up to take another amazing picture. I think that is a joy that everyone should experience.

Photography also allows you to capture the beauty of the amazing corners of the earth. God has created an amazing and beautiful place for us to live. I can’t think of a single reason as to why we wouldn’t want to go and capture all the beauty of this place that we can and share it with others. you can go and make your perspective seen by going out and capturing the beauty on of this world. I want to be able to see as much of the earth that I can in the short time that I have on it and I’m probably not going to be abele to travel to every single place on earth so I encourage you to go out and capture the beauty that is around you. Whether it is in your backyard or on top of a mountain, go and share your perspective with others so that the beauty of this Earth is spread to all.

Remember, your pictures don’t have to be super professional and amazing looking to be special, as long as they mean something to you or other people they are worth being taken.

Some pictures capture famous moments that mean something to millions of people and some may just mean something to you. Every picture is a moment in life that has memories and emotions attached to it that are worth remembering. Every family reunion or time you go to dinner with your friends try to remember to stop and take a picture.

As time passes and we move on to new places and new things. Memories can fade but, pictures can help you remember.

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