So I guess I should break out the photo album and maybe even do a post relating to photography.
A little inside information on what started the photography craze inside of my soul.
I was standing on the beach in southern California and the sun was beginning to set. Each day we would wake up to clear skies and sunshine but upon sun setting the clouds would roll in. On this particular day, the sun was shinning through the clouds in what I now refer to as “God’s Light” because it gives me a very cathedral like feeling ::insert monks praying sound here:: With my handy dandy disposable camera, I snapped a picture.
Upon my return to Arizona, I developed the film from the trip. This among many other photos stood out in my brain. This was something I was born to do, or was I? I had always considered myself a writer so the thought that I had a talent for something other than writing never occurred to me, I gently shoved aside my photography desires and continued with my writing interest, focusing very heavily on these goals.
It wouldn’t be until a year later that the photography flame was ignited again when I snapped this picture of my best friend Ashley (See below.) Something about the dept to this pictures the clouds and the desolate background to where she stood. From this photograph the flame was ignited once more. I spent the next 4 years trying to convince my grandmother to buy me a digital camera from my birthday. Until then I continued my ventures with all of the disposable cameras I had, trying to be creative in the photos I took. I was 17 at the time.
It wasn’t until I was 21 that my grandmother FINALLY heard my wishes and for Christmas I received a digital camera. After two months of using my Fuji FinePix 350,I upgraded to the Fuji FinePix S5200… I have since done 3 independent photo shoots with friends and 1 paid wedding.
The first picture ant the last pictures are of my good friend Kat. They are from a recent “Fallen Angel” shoot I did with her in a local grave yard here in Tucson, Arizona.
I was told I had “an eye for photography” what do you think?
4 comments:
You do have a good eye. Art transcends mediums. If you're good in one thing you'll usually spill over in to something else. I picked up a pencil, then a film camera, and now a video camera.
::gasp:: I know what picture you're talking about; the God's light one. You had doubles, and I loved it, and you gave me a print. Holy crap I have your 'turning point' picture!!!!
Eric - Thanks for the comment, It really is appreciated. I can draw so I know this to be true, I dont know if I'll ever pick up a video camera, but I do have a passion for Fashion and have always wanted to do Costume design for a movie, so maybe I will do that.
Jess- Yes, you do have a Jennie Original, if you still have it. I still have mine, may get prints of it, enlarged if possible. I love that photograph.
Very nice eye for shadow and perspective.
Thank you for commenting on my blog.
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