random creativity

my love of photography

My love affair with photography started a few years back with a Canon AE-1 and a roll of B&W film. Since then, I’ve gone through the various stages that came with being both a photo and tech enthusiast.

I started in the honeymoon stage where my camera never left my side. I next proceeded (quite quickly) to the gear lust stage where I spent too much time looking at lenses and too little time looking through them. I then moved onto the pretentious artist stage where I sold off most of my gear and shunned all those (regrettably) that argued for the sake of having the best gear. After that came the minimalist stage where I traveled to three countries in five weeks with a Canon S90 while the SLR sat at home. And now…now I’ve finally arrived at the acceptance stage where I’m back to shooting with whatever camera I can get my hands on.

Even though I’ve always known that photography is all about the images, it took me until very recently to circle back to the reason I fell in love with photography; capturing the moment.

Photography means many things to many people, but for me, it’s a way to express my creativity and to share the things that catch my eye. I’m hoping that working through these stages has made me a better picture taker and that I can focus once again on expressing my random creativity.