Unnoticed to, well. . .noticed.

I have no interesting story behind this or any magnificent words of wisdom...It is merely wheat, and I am told it is a good picture by my friends and family. I find it funny how the seemingly most unimportant and unnoticed pictures end up being one of your greatest. I'm sure this is not my greatest, but it's not my worst either.












This is another one I never thought much of. It was taken as an assignment for a class of mine and I admired it, but it was only one of many. When people started to noticed it, I did too. I ended up liking it very much and now it is hung on my wall.

The Sucessful Bee

Very few people will get why this picture has signifigance to me, but for those who do not completely understand, I will explain. I had spent a number of days trying to take a sucessful picture of a bee. Why? I dont know, probably because I have not done that yet and for me to be a great photographer, it was a task I had to feat. No, of course taking a picture of a bee would not make me a great photographer, but, in my mind...it was something that needed to be done. With help from a fellow photographer, I soon realized what i was doing wrong. I actually was not planning to take a picture of a bee that day, let alone a big bumble bee, but while I was on my flower expedition, some flew into my shots. I was extatic when the picture came out clear. Thus, another day was done in the life of me; I slept peaceful that night.

The One that Started it All

Well, to get things started, I will add this as my first official picture post. I always put this picture anywhere I post things because, even though this may not be my best picture, it is one I am most proud of.

This picture is of my little sister, Savannah, and it is titled: "The Dancing Child". It was taken...one day at my grandmother's house sometime in the Spring. I never kept track of the exact details because I did'nt believe there was going to be any significance to it. One day, while I was entering photo contests on the internet with my friend, I thought: Hey, this picture does look better than most, I'll enter it. I entered about 10 photos that day in all different contests, so I did not think this would amount to anything at all.

Well, sure enough, about two to three months later, I was on the internet in the library, minding my own business, when an email decided to linger its way into my inbox. It was from the photography contest people. I opened it hastily and found that my picture (the one you see above) had indeed been published in one of their books. It was an obscure book that, if I wanted to see my picture, I had to buy; and I received no money for my photo, merely the excitement that rose up within me that came with the first publishing of a picture. I did not get anything for it at all, the book itself was one that maybe a total of five people looked at ever, but at that age (fourteen I think), I did not care. I was now a published person, I had proved that my pictures were worth publishing and that i could publish more if i wanted to. That day...I was a photographer.

I have yet to publish any more, I don't doubt that I will. But out of the thousands I hope to publish, this one will always be...the one that started it all.

The Beginning of Much to Come

I began photography at an age I can no longer remember. Eleven, maybe twelve? I dont know and I will not try to focus on the past. I...can not explain why I love photography so much; it calms me on a bad day, it gives me joy on a happy day and it makes me feel useful. For a girl like me, one who has never exceeded at much and has nothing to be really proud of...it is nice to come home to my camera and know that I can take a picture and have it look good enough to be put...on a website, for example. It is the one thing Im good at and the one pure thing I am happy doing. Photography is not just a hobby, it is my yoga, my mental stretch to get away from all the pain and exhaustion I suffered all day. I'll never know why i have this talent, and I'll never know why this talent brings me such peace, but for now, that doesn't matter. All that matters now is that Im here to show the people my photography, in hopes that, even if they are not partial to the act themselves, they will come to respect it and realize why I love it so much.