This year the main gift for others is photos. For as long as I can remember family in most
cases has said to me we never see these photos you take. That is mainly because they aren’t linked
into my online photo galleries. This
year was the year of photos, frames, and albums oh my. I had to make sure I didn’t hoard these
memories and moments for myself.
Everytime I click my shutter on my camera its not to capture
you at your worst but to capture that moment forever. It’s really interesting how so many people
protest having their photo taken but will then take a horrible selfie in
atrocious light. My goal is to capture
love whether it be in a laugh, a smile, a tear or a pose. Love is our most powerful of emotion and can
be released in so many ways. I want to
share my love with all of my family and friends and have memories we can all look
back on no matter how near or how far we are from one another.
One of my favorite sayings was “I don’t take a good picture,
that is why I am behind the camera”.
Recently I stopped saying that for one reason. No matter how I may look or what is happening
I have come to the realization that I want to be able to look back on my life
and see all of the moments with those I love.
As a result I now happily look at cameras. I am more relaxed and even have figured out
how to smile for pictures. I no longer
have an excuse to hide from the camera, I have no excuse not to make that
memory and neither should you.
It’s is crazy how a photo can evoke so much emotion. Today I witnessed it and am so glad I bring
my camera and take photos even amongst the protest. I don’t always get what I want, but there
will always be memories with loved ones to treasure. I put together an album with photos that
included my late Uncle Tim for the family.
It was something I had to do but was hard for me to do to look back on
those times. It was even tougher to
watch those around me melt into a mess.
It’s something special to cherish and hold tight. I can’t imagine missing those moments and not
having those beautiful memories.
I’m not the paparazzi, I will never take photos out of
malice. I often feel like I’m prying
into a private sphere, in fact a lot of times people need to force me start
because I don’t want to seem like a nuisance.
It is all done out of love. Love,
love, love all you need is love (and photos and bicycles and crossfit and music).
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