Photography and Changing Perspectives

Posted: July 8th, 2009 | Author: Brandice |

I don’t know if this is common for other people when they start out in dabbling with photography, but I’ve noticed lately that I notice more… colors, shapes, plants, the sky (I am constantly noticing how absolutely amazing the sky looks), a baby, animals… it just all suddenly seems like an opportunity for a cool photo or a short pause even if I don’t have my Canon with me.

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What I love about it is that I find colors and shapes and angles to love in just about anything, and I see a picture in a lot of things I’ve never really looked at closely before. Even if I don’t take a picture at the time, I pause and I take a lot more time to enjoy the images around me.

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Whether you capture them in a photograph or not, individual moments in the world around you can be surprisingly worthy of observation and reflection. I’m grateful to photography for reminding me of that, and I look forward to improving my ability to capture those individual moments for enjoying later and sharing with others. I’m really just having a blast with my camera, and surprised at how much more aware I am of the world around me. :)

Does photography do that for you? Does something else you’ve started recently open your eyes in the same way? What are you doing these days that challenges you to see the world in a new or more exciting way?

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  • My brother-in-law and I had a conversation about this just a couple of weeks ago. And yes, I'm completely looking at things differently since picking up photography.

    I'm experiencing everything you mentioned above, but I think the biggest thing I've noticed is lighting and how it affects objects and my surroundings. More specifically - natural lighting. It's incredible how the lighting in the late afternoon/early evening can make something look that much better. I guess that's why most photographers prefer to shoot at that time.
  • So true! Late afternoon/early evening just seems to warm everything and give it these completely rich feel... Glad I'm not the only one who's noticed everything *that* much more now that I'm trying to capture it. :)
  • barkerja
    You're beginning to "think" more like a camera. A camera obviously only captures a moment of time and that perfect moment can come and go within the blink of an eye.

    You are also able to witness things from many different perspectives through both sight and sound, something you are not able to accomplish with a camera.

    So no, it is not unnatural now for you constantly be "looking through the aperture" and capturing those moments that can only be saved through a shutter.
  • bear1
    You know I have found that My podcast that I have just started "my audio Journal" has kind of done the some thing. I am finding my self tring to explane things that I just take for granted. I love the pitcher of the sun through the trees.
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