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 12/15/2005 12:31:51 AM · #26
I am an engineer, and maths and logic are my daily routine at work. I love photography because it makes me think outside of that and gives me release from that. There is no formula to taking the perfect photo (or none that I have found), if you have one let me know.

I know I will never be a great photographer but I do enjoy it. :) The day I got picked as picture of the day on another website was more pleasing than any career thing I have ever done.
 12/15/2005 02:59:07 AM · #27
I'm not coordinated enough to draw or paint or sculpture. I don't have a way with words to write elegantly. I don't have what it takes to put sounds together and make beautiful (or otherwise) music. I don't have the patience to grow a flower garden.

I have an eye that sees...

I am a photographer!
 12/15/2005 03:08:10 AM · #28
I like it.

12/15/2005 03:19:52 AM · #29
Just read my signature.
 12/15/2005 04:31:15 AM · #30
It's either that or eat a lot of twinkies...
 12/15/2005 05:00:36 AM · #31
I used to take photos because I want to capture a memorable moment.

Nowadays, I take photos so I wouldnt under-utilize my camera. (shame)
 12/15/2005 05:08:11 AM · #32
apart from the creativity, self expression, it gives me something to do
at compulsory "get togethers",
i just lurve the editing too.

Message edited by author 2005-12-15 10:35:12.
 12/15/2005 06:03:59 AM · #33
Someone who is close to me told me two sentences last week, compressing all my recent years of thoughts in those. I include the original Hungarian because I don't (and probably won't ever) speak English well enough to translate it perfectly.

"Tanuljunk megy vágyakozni azután ami a miénk. Mindennap ott van az orrod elõtt mégse látod milyen különleges."

It sound something like "Let's learn to yearn for all what's ours. You have those in front of your eyes every day and you still can not see how particular it is."
By taking pictures I learn many new things about the subject. And I also learn many things about myself. It is ("only") a plus that others can see my memories through my (not only eyes but) thoughts.
 12/15/2005 06:23:46 AM · #34
I quote Tony Ray-Jones:

"I have tried to showthe sadness and humour in a gentle madness that prevails in people. The situations are sometimes ambiguous and unreal, and the juxtapositions of elements seemingly unrelated, and yet the people are real. This, I hope, helps to create a feeling of fantasy. Photography can be a mirror and reflect life as it is, but I also think that perhaps it is possible to walk, like Alice, through a looking-glass, and find another world with the camera."

I read that in January this year, and it changed everything about how and why I photograph.

E
 12/15/2005 10:11:14 AM · #35
Originally posted by mandyturner:
My mother was a professional photographer. And, just like how I take pictures of my daughter.....


my mother took pictures of me. I love photography. I love photography. I have to be creative in order to breath. I have to be doing something that allows me to put all these ideas in my head in a format where others can see what I see. Photography is also very special to me because it is a bond that I have with my mother that can never be broken. She lives very far away from me. One way that we communicate is through photography. Her passion for photography has gone, but she encourages me constantly. Pictures can say a thousand words. I want to take pictures that tell stories. I have this fierce desire to get better and better.


Hi Mandy,
The photographs of your daughter are just beautiful. So thought-provoking and full of emotion. Keep up the wonderful work!
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