My Passion For Photography Research Paper

The reason why I do photography is the feeling I get when I'm behind the camera and the ability to move my subject round till I find the position I think looks best for the shoot. Freedom Of Expression. Art is an act of being free, art is passion, I feel a strong passion for photography. Art is the state of mind, so when someone looks at my work and sees something different every time, it's a beautiful feeling. You can add so much emotion into one little picture, even with the simplest subject there is. Anger, fear, love, confusion, etc. these are the emotions one should feel when they see photos. Whether it reminds them of the happy moments, or the saddest moments, it should always bring emotion. That's why I do photography, I want all my
photos to convey some sort of emotion, neither ever being the same. I started doing photography at an age where life was sad and the only way I was able to express those emotions was through art, and it happened to be photography. I was able to express the feelings I was feeling at the time without ever having to tell anyone anything.
They would see a photo and understand. Art can fill the voids of silence. It can be the one who tells a story without every using words. Photography is not just a hobby of mine, it has meaning to my life. It was able to express my emotions without me ever having to say a word, especially when never saying anything was all I was able to do.From the moment I picked up that camera my sister bought me, I cried. I saw my sister and saw her eyes look at me and she saw potential. This made my heart happy, as in that very moment that feeling was everything to me. As soon as I looked through the lens of that camera, it changed how I saw the world. Every memory I would ever experience was just a click away and it would be stored into a little memory card that would last forever. Whenever I showed my father or sister the photos I took as a kid, and they said "it's incredible" or something of that matter, it made me feel like I could possibly make this my life and it would make me happy. My childhood was seen through the lens of a camera that I can cherish or broad upon this day. Most of my photos are now happy and light and you can actually see a big difference in my work throughout the
years. This is why I love photography. A photograph holds millions of words that can not actually be seen but only portrayed through the emotions in a photograph. You can learn a lot about a photographer through the way they take photos or how the scenery or coloring looks. There are artist who try to hide their real emotions in a photography, but you can see what they truly feel by looking at how they angle or edit their photos.Photography is the only language that everyone from anywhere can truly understand. "Don't shoot what it looks like, shoot what it feels like." - David Harvey