To me, there are pictures and then there are captures. Anyone can take a picture but it takes an "eye" to get a capture. For me, a capture is a photograph that literally captures a moment. I get a lot of those captures. Of course, sometimes I have to take 100 pictures to get one great capture, but it is worth it.
Sitting on my couch right now, I can see my photo wall. Wow, does it need to be fixed up and organized better. It is pure chaos. But, even with the chaos, you can see stories there. That is what a photo should do...tell a story. If it is not a clear story, it should at least make the viewer interested to know what was going on. I love when someone looks at a photo and asks to explain what the hell was going on when I took it.
Today, this YOT Day 49 - I am thankful for all of the captures I have on my wall (or mostly on my computer).
When we got married, Chris was adamant that we would spend the most money on photography. He said out of all the things we will buy for the wedding, the only tangible thing we will take away from it would be the pictures and so we wanted to spend some money to make sure we love them. Love them we do! Fidelis Studio did such an amazing job and got so many captures I didn't expect. We still have yet to see a wedding album that we like more. Although, we will take partial credit, because, well, we are damn fun to be around.
I love taking pictures. LOVE it. I am not good at the settings; I get a lot of dark, light, blurry, or just plain strange ones. But, then I get those captures that make people FEEL something. Those make all the bad ones worth it. It is so very flattering when I see someone makes my photo their profile picture on Facebook. Every single time it happens, I get a little rush of pride. Luckily, it has happened quite a lot.
Even 20 years ago, when we had to actually use film and you didn't want to just click randomly - you wanted to take your time and make sure not to waste that expensive film. Looking at old vintage photos, it makes me sad that they were not so cheap and readily available as they are now. This is part of the reason there were so many post-mortem pictures, especially of children. That might have been the only photograph they would ever have of their baby. That breaks my heart. Looking at the literal thousands of photos just of Larzipan on my server at home, it astounds me to think of not having any of him. This is also why they are still so unorganized on the computer...it takes time to go through 25,000 photos. It is a bit overwhelming.
I am excited to get my photo wall done up right - if only I had the perfect idea. I have many - just not sure which one to choose. Maybe this weekend I will just jump in and do one. Maybe.
I hate posed photos...those are pictures. I try to only take candid shots. If someone sees my pointing my camera at them and strikes a pose, I turn the camera (unless it is a silly, unexpected pose!).
If you want to make it on my coveted photo wall, you have to let me catch you doing something fun. So, get to it.
I'm trying!
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