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Why do I take photos? Beauty, art, recognition, fame?
It is beautiful taking photos and seeing what happens to them. I have three photos on my wall that I would consider beautiful. I look at them and I feel something. It's a little magical. I remember what I was doing just before I took the photo, I remember who was there (there is always someone there surprisingly), I remember the tweaks in photoshop I did, I remember my thoughts of the place where I captured the moment, and now I have a physical photo that had been cared for, behind glass. It's almost like it is a symbol of my remembering...
I do also take them because I want people to think I am good at something and recognize it as such. It may sound weird, but I work reasonably hard for a lot of things, but few people I would say care about the effort I put in. I've been good at physically active things, but not super duper. Like just an all rounder. I also feel I'm relatively smart. But compared to people I went to uni with, I was ok. I never seemed to get awesome marks even though I thought I had the potential. My essays were always really really good. I think photography is like an essay to me. All the time and effort comes out a single piece of work. That piece of work is judged, not all my bad ones, or bad ideas. Just that single time where everything comes together in one amazing moment.
Another reason is for creativity. I'm fairly scientific and straight forward in my thinking at the moment. But photos take me somewhere else. To appreciate things, to look at things in a different light. Maybe almost a spirituality. Who knows, but photography gives me that
Last reason... Not that I think I'll be famous for taking photos, but I think there is potential for me to take amazing photos and make something out of it, as a side project. We'll see. For now I need to keep learning. I'll move step by step to take those photos which I feel are inspiring or beautiful and hopefully move away from a lot of cliche photos that are often taken nowadays
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