Comments on: “Why Do You Love Photography?” Luminance Contest Winners, Week 6 http://blog.photoshelter.com/2012/08/%e2%80%9cwhy-do-you-love-photography%e2%80%9d-luminance-contest-winners-week-6/ Daily discussion of photography business issues & photography websites. Marketing and sales tips for smart photographers, plus a dose of inspiration from the PhotoShelter team. Fri, 24 May 2013 14:08:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Alexandra Tremaine http://blog.photoshelter.com/2012/08/%e2%80%9cwhy-do-you-love-photography%e2%80%9d-luminance-contest-winners-week-6/#comment-217644 Alexandra Tremaine Thu, 30 Aug 2012 17:33:48 +0000 http://blog.photoshelter.com/?p=24326#comment-217644 In high school, photography became my escape. Not to say I was a loser but I was effected by all the silly drama that makes high school what it is. Taking my camera on walks or photographing friends became a zen-ful act. The anticipation to see the end-product was exhilarating. The more I learned about the technical side of photography the more I grew. I devoured books and learned of the great masters. Growing up I never knew any photographers and it was always a mystery who was behind the lens. I never even considered becoming the unknown until I was enrolled at a liberal arts college. It was there that I realized how uninterested I was in everything but photography. The school, although a great one, lacked in the one area I dreamed to study. With that I decided to take a leap of faith and learn everything there was to know about the craft and enrolled at Brooks Institute of Photography. Photography has taking on many dimensions and I have had many dreams of where I could go, what I could shoot and how "big" I could become. For a long time I dreamt only of commercial and editorial work, thinking thats what it really means to "make it." However, there were a few occurrences where I learned just what an impact I can make on individual people- at a very personal level. One of the heart-griping experiences happened four years ago when I was asked to photograph a family. The family was made up of a newborn son, a two year-old son and the parents. Not two months later the father died suddenly. It was a tragic loss but one that helped me find more purpose in my work. I had the opportunity to create beautiful images for this family. There are few other photos of the newborn son and father together. I created many. This little boy who will never know his father has the photographs I took that day. I have had another death of a client and two paralysis's which have further solidified a deeper purpose with my work. I still dream big and always will. It is clear now that I will never stop photographing families, babies, portraits or weddings because on a higher level I feel that it feeds my soul. Giving back, freezing moments, feelings and relationships is why I love Photography! In high school, photography became my escape. Not to say I was a loser but I was effected by all the silly drama that makes high school what it is. Taking my camera on walks or photographing friends became a zen-ful act. The anticipation to see the end-product was exhilarating. The more I learned about the technical side of photography the more I grew. I devoured books and learned of the great masters. Growing up I never knew any photographers and it was always a mystery who was behind the lens. I never even considered becoming the unknown until I was enrolled at a liberal arts college. It was there that I realized how uninterested I was in everything but photography. The school, although a great one, lacked in the one area I dreamed to study. With that I decided to take a leap of faith and learn everything there was to know about the craft and enrolled at Brooks Institute of Photography.

Photography has taking on many dimensions and I have had many dreams of where I could go, what I could shoot and how “big” I could become. For a long time I dreamt only of commercial and editorial work, thinking thats what it really means to “make it.”

However, there were a few occurrences where I learned just what an impact I can make on individual people- at a very personal level. One of the heart-griping experiences happened four years ago when I was asked to photograph a family. The family was made up of a newborn son, a two year-old son and the parents. Not two months later the father died suddenly. It was a tragic loss but one that helped me find more purpose in my work.

I had the opportunity to create beautiful images for this family. There are few other photos of the newborn son and father together. I created many. This little boy who will never know his father has the photographs I took that day. I have had another death of a client and two paralysis’s which have further solidified a deeper purpose with my work.

I still dream big and always will. It is clear now that I will never stop photographing families, babies, portraits or weddings because on a higher level I feel that it feeds my soul.

Giving back, freezing moments, feelings and relationships is why I love Photography!

]]> By: Monalisa Pagan http://blog.photoshelter.com/2012/08/%e2%80%9cwhy-do-you-love-photography%e2%80%9d-luminance-contest-winners-week-6/#comment-213115 Monalisa Pagan Sun, 26 Aug 2012 17:41:49 +0000 http://blog.photoshelter.com/?p=24326#comment-213115 One word "Nature' One word “Nature’

]]> By: Jack Hirschorn http://blog.photoshelter.com/2012/08/%e2%80%9cwhy-do-you-love-photography%e2%80%9d-luminance-contest-winners-week-6/#comment-212668 Jack Hirschorn Sun, 26 Aug 2012 04:54:11 +0000 http://blog.photoshelter.com/?p=24326#comment-212668 My father who has now passed away trained me as a photographer.As my sister said at his funeral,"we grew up with a light meter in our face".He taught me to see not just to look.I am a musician.I like the moment in both music and photography when you are lost in the moment of creation.Music and photography are about "the decisive moment" to quote someone much more famous than me.In my musician photography,I am always drawn to the moment of joy.I use my father's camera now and when I crouch down on the wooden floor by the church pews of my favorite music venue to take a photo,i bring up my left hand to blot out my peripheral vision and to only see the viewfinder image just like my father did on his cameras.In the name of my father,I shoot my photos with all of my heart,mind and soul. My father who has now passed away trained me as a photographer.As my sister said at his funeral,”we grew up with a light meter in our face”.He taught me to see not just to look.I am a musician.I like the moment in both music and photography when you are lost in the moment of creation.Music and photography are about “the decisive moment” to quote someone much more famous than me.In my musician photography,I am always drawn to the moment of joy.I use my father’s camera now and when I crouch down on the wooden floor by the church pews of my favorite music venue to take a photo,i bring up my left hand to blot out my peripheral vision and to only see the viewfinder image just like my father did on his cameras.In the name of my father,I shoot my photos with all of my heart,mind and soul.

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