Time moves in one direction, memory in another.-
William Gibson
I was recently back in my hometown for the Christams break, and I came across an old box of all of my high school and college stuff. Most of it was old pictures, newspaper clippings, and that ratty old year book that everyone would sign. Then you look at all of the signatures and markings of numerous people, and you think to yourself; "who is the world was that?" So that got me thinking of all of the pictures that I have taken over the past several years, and all that I had went through to get those pictures. The ones I remebered the most were not the ones that I had spent hours setting up, or the ones where I was trying to get the brighest smile. The ones that I remembered the most were that were quick and painless.
Each and every one of these pictures were taken with just a simple point-and-shoot camera. There was no long fancy lens, no backdrop, or no bright boomstand. My point here is that all of the pictures where someone would say "I hate my hair", or "That's not my good side", are usually the pictures that you remember the most. Some of the greatest pictures that I can remember are the ones that nobody ever planned.
So remember that the next time that you take a picture, and then look at it. What would be your reaction looking at the same picture 10 years into the future.
So remember that the next time that you take a picture, and then look at it. What would be your reaction looking at the same picture 10 years into the future.
