frozen moments

Feb 06, 2005 11:37


            When I was a kid, I took pictures simply because I saw an image I wanted to keep forever. To this day, my passion for looking, taking or touching pictures still is as intense.

I traveled, went on road trips, flew out of state, out of the country. No matter where I went, I had a camera in store. It was a fake one at first; something I found in a McDonald’s happy meal. I walked around with the toy bulging out in my pocket at disney world, grabbing at it when I saw something that appealed to me.  As time went by, I invested my $25.50 into a horizontal plastic pink camera that required me to just look through the hole and click this huge button on the top and my picture was taken. It was my dream, this simple easy to use camera that had my favorite color on it, I loved it so much. It made me feel like a professional. Then a year later, I went to Italy on my birthday, I had lost my camera and was not able to get a replacement before I left. I was walking around in the streets one day and spotted a really cheap place on the corner with advertisements plastered on the windows, there were cameras of every size and shape on the shelves, which was enough to lure me in and look for my new one. I found a small portable automatic black 35mm that I fell in love with. It had foreign letterings on it and I squeezed onto it with glee. I must imagine what a funny sight this was, a ten year old throwing a wadful of money along with change across the counter then grabbing the camera. I went into a frenzy, taking pictures of almost everything, even the back of my sister’s head because she had an interesting hair day. My sister was the subject in most of my pictures; they always involved a body part of hers in the frame, half of a hand here, half of a leg there. When I got back to America, I realized a mistake I had made; my American roll of film did not fit in the compartment. What a disappointment that was. I stuck with disposable cameras all through my middle school years. When I finally got to MSD, I took photography class my very first semester and that required me to buy a canon rebel 35mm, this is the camera I have to this day. Even if I don’t use it as much anymore, after going through three courses of photography class... I still will grab a friend's sidekick 2 if it’s in my presence and click away.  I dream of a digital camera.



the reason of this entry is because of that picture. i took it when i was around seven years old when i was at wildwood, new jersey. the ferris wheel on the far left is what i kept staring at my entire stay there- like i said, my sister was guaranteed a spot in the picture so there she is in the midst of the beach on a foggy day.

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