Photography: Seeing is everything
In photography, seeing is everything. Photography is far more than capturing the ordinary as it is about capturing a moment that otherwise is forever lost. It is given meaning by those who look at it and find meaning in it even if that meaning differs from the photographers who in a moment saw something worthy of capture.
Photographers are always on, even when a camera is not affixed in our hand we are seeing, we see the light shimmer on clear water, fall through the clouds, and dust the forest path illuminating vegetation for animal life. Light is our greatest friend and in some cases, especially when creating a photograph, our greatest enemy because even too much of a good thing can cause problems!
Everyday I can be going about my day without a job where I need to actively be thinking about photography or images I want to take and see a moment having a camera to capture something would be invaluable. For instance, on a chilly, rainy evening drive to a friends traversing the Ohio River Scenic Byway, fog was rolling off the river lifting up to cover trees and it was a compelling mix of blues and greys. In that moment I saw the art image adorning a wall and then it was gone, in the blink of an eye. Yet that feeling, that look, it was something the artist in me identified as an ideal moment that the average person wouldn’t catch in barest glimpses between trees.
Every person sees differently and how they see things is what makes them unique. As a photographer I see life through a lens, I see the moments of happiness, moments of triumph, and moments of despair. But what brings me joy in the end is taking that and sharing what I have seen with those who willingly put their trust in my hands to capture moments in their lives be it a wedding, birth, birthday, sporting event, or a portrait of the family celebrating another year of love together.
I may see art moments that can adorn the walls in scenic nature but many photographers real gifts are seeing moments with clients that even the clients may not realize were witnessed and captured. The photographer’s true gift isn’t their skill with a camera but their skill to see the moments happening while they have a camera in hand.
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