My Photography Part 2

Earlier in the semester I blogged about some of my photography from my high school years. I said I would post some more and here they are! These pictures are actually some of my favorite that I have taken. Looking at these again makes me want to do more photography just as a hobby. As much as I like taking pictures, I like making movies more because they are moving images. I think it would be really fun just to look at a picture and then use that picture to make a movie.

Honestly, I prefer doing things that involve imagery rather than words. I have never liked reading because I don't retain information very well. There is just something about pictures and movies that sticks with me more. So instead of reading and imagining what's going on, I take pictures or videos of different things and I edit them into my own imagination.

Pictures and videos also allows us to look at things differently and from different angles. For example, many people just see hands as a human tool to carry, hold, or touch things. I see hands as God's gift to pray, help others, and lift up to praise Jesus Christ! Also, hands reference how Jesus' hands were nailed to the cross in order to save everyone from their sins. That is why I tend to take a lot of pictures that involve hands. In fact, my favorite picture among these is probably the one with the two hands that come together to form a cross. I thought this was a unique camera angle with the hands and I wanted it to be personal by drawing a cross on them to reference Jesus. I also really liked the texture of the hands in the photo because it gives it depth, character, and a sense of realism.

My other favorite picture is probably the one with a tree and empty grassland. I like this picture because I feel it represents that at the end of our journeys, there is beauty and accomplishments. The grass path and wasteland represent the journey's we take through life and how sometimes they can feel empty and meaningless. But it's not about the what happens during our journey, it is about the destination that we arrive at. The tree symbolizes the beauty and feeling of accomplishment every time we complete a trial, task, or journey. Our lives are the journeys in which we travel, and our destination is the Kingdom of Heaven.

That's pretty much all I have to say about my photography. I know my pictures aren't the best quality but I am proud of what they represent. I feel it's always important to have some form of message or moral in my work.