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.
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