Turn the Camera Around
I’ve just weeded through all of my photos on iPhoto, in an effort to clean things up. (The new laptop has more hard drive space, but I’m adding a windows partition and historically, I run out of space) As I wandered through these photos I noticed a few trends.
1. Place a cup of coffee in front of me, and I’ll take a picture of it.
From Blog Photos
2. Place a plate a of interesting food in front of me and I’ll take a picture of it.
From Blog Photos
(Oatmeal at Remedy Tea)
3. Place the worlds cutest kitties in front of me, and I’ll take a picture.
From Blog Photos
(Who wouldn’t be a sucker for that cuteness?)
4. I’m a sucker for a nice landscape
From Blog Photos
(The view from the Goonies House in Astoria)
5. If I attend an event, craft show, farmers market, parade or concert, there is bound to be proof.
(The Greenwood SeaFair Parade 2 years ago)
I have pictures of cooking challenges, of holiday dinner spreads, of homework projects, I have captured bonfires burning textbooks, and cloudy Astoria afternoons. I have pictures of pastries in Portland, and beers in Greenwood. What I’m lacking is pictures of people. I have pictures of Urban Craft Uprising, but no pictures of my friend Mac, who goes with me every year. I have pictures of Miss Thing posing in her anime costumes, but few casual family pictures of us all together.
Food and landscapes are fairly stationary subjects. I can zoom in, pan out, and take as many shots as necessary. People move more, shy away from the picture, or simply refuse to be captured. Yet as I realize how little I remember from the past, how ephemeral all of it is, I want more. I want to have pictures with friends and family, I want to document events with people as participants. I’m not looking to be more then a point and shoot photographer, instead I’m looking to document my memories the same way porlaroids used to. The image may blur, the picture may be grainy, but we’re not aiming for art, we’re aiming for reminders of the good times.
What about you, what are your picture weaknesses?
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