Picture says a thousand words
I used to have this little camera that I brought along everywhere I go. I wanted to contain every moment and learn to appreciate the beauty in my simple life. I didn't seem to have this habit anymore. My life seems to stop after my undergraduate years. Unfortunately, I didn't back up many photos and I have crashed my laptop so many times, alot of these photos are lost.
I like "lifeshots", or "moment shots" or "candid shots", not because I want to embarrass my subjects but they tell stories - Unwrapping a present, drinking hot chocolate, struggling to climb up that steep slopes, exchanging knowing glances. The best way to know someone is of course looking at their photos, learning their past, trying to be present at the time of their life when you have yet to enter their life. At the same time, you can still remain indepedent in your judgment about someone's character or personality and not been constrained by someone's else perception or values.
I have stopped taking photos very long time ago (unless is some special occasions). Part of it is perhaps because of inconvenience but mainly because I learnt that what is important to you at that time will continue to live on in you, with photographs or not.
Posted at 1/14/2007 2:51:07 am by zinny
