"Why do you always have to take pictures?"

"Live in the moment, stop taking so many pictures."

"Ugh, we have to STOP again for her to take a picture, guys."

Well, ladies and gentlemen, I am that picture person. I love taking pictures of everything I find interesting.

Why?

I believe pictures have a way of showing us something different than what our eyes are capable of translating. You have an outlet to look back on and remember what you were feeling at the exact moment and what others were feeling and what you were doing. Sometimes all people have to hold onto our the pictures and the memories that came along with those pictures. So what if you have to stop every step or tell someone, "Wait, stop right there and let me take your photo." There's nothing wrong with taking everything in from a picture.

I'm not saying that you shouldn't enjoy the now and not put your phone or camera away. Of course, there's been plenty of times where I forget to take out my phone because I'm just taking it all in but I enjoy documenting everything because it gives me something to look back on and be happy about. Heck, even be sad about. One day we're going to wake up and only have the pictures to remember what our lives were like and that's what is going to keep us going.

Also, some of us have terrible, terrible memories so we NEED to have things to remind us of what we did in our lifetime.

Take as many pictures as you want because life is too short not too.