I’ve decided that above all else, I prefer to photograph people. I like capturing emotion. There is not much emotion in a brick wall or a river. There is emotion in a laughing child, a mother looking at her newborn, a bride surrounded by her bridesmaids.
So last week, when I had to do a project describing Giles County in pictures, I was challenged. I had to find that emotion I can so easily pinpoint in a living, breathing human being. And I think I did – but I won’t say it wasn’t tough and I won’t say I didn’t get discouraged (see previous post for the images).
Then I started looking back at some old pictures and realized I had been getting good shots of buildings, objects, and the like long before I started really working with people. This is what I practiced on, before people came into the picture. The difference is that back then, I didn’t think about it quite so much. Just like I don’t think too much into snapping people now.
Stop thinking about it. Just do it. Lesson learned.
