While this summer has been a blur, a few things worth pointing out have been some of my favorites: my photo project at the New York Historical Society, my travel with the NYTimes, and my favorite food photography.
Photojournalism has always been a passion of mine, and I took up photography when I was 14. I can’t remember how I found the time to work on a photo project, but I think it was due to a very specific desire to do something that was important to me. The first photo I’ve ever taken was a portrait of my mother, and even though I could see the resemblance, it was really the only thing that I thought was significant enough for me to take it.
So the photo project was a pretty cool experiment, but it also showed me a lot about photography that I have only seen through this lens. I found that even though my mother’s face looked similar to my own, the colors were different, the lighting was different, and the expression was different. It was really beautiful and mysterious to me. It was an insight into what I could do when I wanted to.
I’ve always been something of a visual thinker, so there is a lot to it, but I think the most important thing to really understand is why you are taking a photo in the first place. By all means, take photos of things you like and like your photos too. That’s what I’m all about—to take photographs that I like and have fun with, but that I can pass on to my children and grandchildren.
I have no doubt everyone likes the idea of something that they like and want to pass on to their children. But I think the most important thing you can do is to take photos of the things you like and love. The rest is just an act of creative expression. The second most important thing you can do is to take photos of the things you dislike. The rest is just another act of creative expression.
There are a lot of things that I like and I like very much. But there are a lot of things that I dislike. I have tried to pick two or three things that I don’t like and that I want to preserve, and then I take pictures of them. The rest is just an act of creative expression. I don’t like that one, but I like that one, so I keep it.
I like photography – there’s something about the process that draws me in. The fact that the images are in the moment, that the camera is the most important tool you have, and that the act of capturing these images is itself a form of expression. I tend to collect photos of things I hate. I just don’t think I have the energy to go out and actually hunt them down.
That’s not to say people do not enjoy taking pictures of things they hate. People do, and it’s an honest and sometimes painful truth. But the thing is, you can’t actually get into the mindset of “I hate this, but I love taking pictures of it.” You can only experience the experience, which is what photography is all about. There’s a lot of pain and suffering in the world. It’s hard, but it’s also worth it in the end.
One of the hardest things about photographing something you don’t like is the fact that your eye naturally searches for things that are the least disgusting. You cant do that with people. You also can’t do that with things you dont want anyone to see. As a photographer, your job is to create a look that you like, and thats a very difficult thing to do even if you are an artist.
I think the main reason that photographers have such a difficult time is because we are very self-conscious about what we look like. Its a good thing that we take these self-conscious moments in life and remember why we are a person. Its very easy to forget about self-conscious moments after you have finished taking them, so I think it helps to have a good idea of what you are doing with your camera before you actually start.