Today I am thankful for my camera. My camera is my therapist. When I need to get away, refresh, think things through, I grab my camera and go for a drive, and snap away at whatever beauty God puts in front of me. There is beauty almost everywhere, if we choose to see it, and I try to do that with or without my camera. I often see some small details, that may be overlooked, because I am a photographer. My camera and I have spent many wonderful hours together, capturing the beauty God has laid before all of us. Photography is my way to unwind when life gets a little too wound up! I can easily get lost in a sunset, drift off at a lake, and get mesmerized in the details I see in a flower, a raindrop, or flake of snow.
Photography is definitely one of my strong passions, and although I have great room for improvement, I see the improvement I make every year as I look over old photos. I love just playing around with settings, not knowing what will show up on the captured image. I tried to take time to be specific about the settings, but it became too much to think about, and took the time of unwinding away, so most of the time, I just shoot, mess with a few settings, and see what I get. I like it that way.
I also enjoy sharing my camera with others to help them enjoy and learn the love of photography. My young nieces are in that group, and I love to look at what their young eyes see.
I have enjoyed taking photos since I was nine years old. I remember my first camera well..it was a little black Kodak camera. It had a 'case' that flipped over the top, and that 'case' hinged to the side of the camera when you were taking the picture. I remember the day I went to the Image Maker in Sandpoint and got my first real camera. I think I was 20 years old. It was a Canon EOS, and it was capable of having different lenses! I was so excited. I couldn't afford any other lenses at the time, but eventually I added a zoom lens to my collection. I remember almost six years ago when my hubby suggested I get a digital camera. I didn't know why I needed a new camera because my 15 year old Canon was working fine! I mean, why do I want to switch to a digital camera? I was sure they didn't take as good of pictures as my film camera. Well, he bought me a digital Canon anyway, and for awhile, I carried both cameras with me, usually using my film camera. However, once I started using the digital, I saw a great improvement in the quality of the pictures I was developing, and I didn't have to buy film! Now, I must say, my first camera has joined the collection of old cameras I have. I still cherish it, as we had many wonderful times together!
"Photographers view the world through a lens of gratitude."
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