Lights, camera, action…

Remember that new love?
My package just came in the mail love?
Fresh out the shower love?
That I can’t wait to hold you, squeeze you, kiss you love?
Remember that love?

Remember that happy love?
Laugh at my every joke love?
You complete me love?
That call you, text you, FaceTime everyday love?
Remember … that love?

Remember that therapeutic love?
Only you can make me feel better love?
Fall asleep to the sound of your voice love?
That I want you, need you, can’t live without you love?
Remember that … love?

Fade to black…

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I remember the day she fell in love. That sunset was pure magic! It took my breath away. How could I ever forget it?

I stumbled upon across a fragile creature that day. I remember being taken aback by the air of melancholy surrounding her. She seemed so empty! I could tell that she was bothered because she glumly stared into the distance for long periods. I was both curious and confused. So much so, I could not take my eyes off of her. The more I fixated on her, the more I felt myself getting lost in her hopelessness.  I stood there trying to make sense of it all.

Then it happened! The sun started it’s descent towards the horizon and a majestic coat of orange-red took over the sky. A few rays of sunlight pierced through the trees behind her and came to rest upon her beautiful face. The sun kissed her ever so gently. Soft light surrounded her, almost as if to comfort her. Her disposition changed right before my eyes.

She looked rejuvenated and full of life. So much so, she was radiating. That kiss from the sun triggered something internally. She reached out and caressed her face like the sunlight did moments earlier. She felt so loved in that moment. That’s when she realized that true love starts from within.

Self-love is the GREATEST love there is. For as long as she could remember, she searched for love. She searched for someone who would love her enough to replace the emptiness she felt inside. But how could she expect someone to love her if she did not know how to love herself? How can you love outward if you can’t love from within? On this day, under the magic painted in the sky, this delicate creature found love.

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I know that I have a long way to go with my photography portfolio. From past experiences, I know that the first step is often one of the hardest one. I am firmly in the race now with no intentions of looking back.

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When I look back on my childhood, there are a few moments that suggest I had some semblance of artistic juices flowing through my veins then. I loved writing when I was in primary school. We had so many essays to write but I loved every minute of imagining fictitious characters and giving them life. At another phase of my life I was into poetry, I was somewhat of a voracious reader back then. Poetry led me to spoken word and to this day I still have an affinity for it. I can spend hours on YouTube watching performers. I have the utmost respect for performers, not just in poetry but all artistic forms of expression. The last indicator to me was an interest in sketching. Like most kids, I watched a lot of cartoons growing up. One of my favorites was Dragon Ball Z. I remember how excited my classmates and I were talking about the episodes and comparing our drawings. I had a knack for being able to draw certain characters quite well. It is one of the more disappointing things in my life to date that I have not taken a class and dived deeper into my interest for it.

The problem I believe is that I never saw myself as an artist. Where I grew up, art was as not as glamorized as being a scientist, a doctor, a politician, a teacher. If you were considered “smart” art was an afterthought. With that said I was 3 years removed from graduation working at a job that had nothing to do with my skillset and promised me no room for professional growth. The one perk the job provided was the opportunity for me to think. I admit I have done more thinking about my life trying to find perspective than actually performing work duties. For 3 years running, on the anniversary of my graduation I would go into a funk. The feeling that failure was getting closer to me terrified me. As I would sit and think about my lack of accomplishments to date, and the idea that I did not know what I wanted to pursue in life and I would feel so overwhelmed.

While working on my website I came across Gratisography by Ryan McGuire (amazing artist… CHECK OUT HIS WORK!) and I was intrigued by the beautiful imagery. In fact my background image http://www.gratisography.com/pictures/113_1.jpg was found on this site. Here was a guy who found the time to indulge in his passion while working on other projects simultaneously. From that moment on, I took a keen interest in all things photography. I realized how important communication skills, organization skills, independence and self-expression were to photography (areas of my life where I was very average). Photography would challenge me to go outside of my comfort zone. I would be forced to sharpen my people skills while also being able to communicate my thoughts articulately. I would need some organization to avoid clutter, to be able to make a schedule and adhere to it. Most importantly, I would have to take initiative. I could get as much out of photography as I was willing to work for.

I never imagined however, how photography would inspire my creativity. From the jump I was able to think in ways that I never did before. I have been overwhelmed at times with so many thoughts in my mind at once. I understand that one does not become a great photographer overnight. I am on this journey to partake in the process – to find my purpose and to share what I learn along the way. So to conclude I chose photography for the sake of art… and for the sake of becoming a better man.

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