Photo Initiation

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As a photographer i've heard it all, "You take great pictures!!", "I hate your pictures!!", "You need more experience!!". To me, a picture is about your interpretation of the subject. What do you see when you look through your lens? Photography is supposed to be fun; its a release. When I look at my pictures, they represent me and my vision. All photographers have a different style. That's what makes photography such a wonderful form of artistic expression.

I remember when I decided that photography was my passion. I was enrolled in a photography class and our assignment was to create a portfolio of all of our weekly assignments and submit them at the end of the semester. I was ecstatic. Finally I could convey my vision to the world through images. For starters, I had no camera so I borrowed one from my school newspaper. It was a fairly nice Kodak 7.1 mega pixel camera. I took some of the coolest shots. I went to parks, I shot protesters, I took pictures of food, I even took pictures of a rap group. I was so excited to share my images with my class.

So on presentation day I printed all my photos. The first one came out a tad bit pix elated but I figured I could manipulate it and reprint it. So I moved on to the next one, it was also pix elated. I'm sure you can guess what the next one looked like? Yep, you guessed right, my photos were all pix elated. My teacher told me that she would have loved my pictures had they been clear. She said she could tell that I had a good eye. When I went to turn the camera back in I asked why my pictures turned out so bad. I was told that I had been shooting at 1.0 mega pixels, the equivalent of a cell phone camera.

At that moment, I knew that I had the potential to take good photos. So until next time, I leave you with this....Rule #1- Always check the setting on your camera before you shoot...

 
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