Photo Madness

So, today I thought that I would share a little bit of my photography and what it means to me.

An inlet next to a nameless beach just south of Bandon Oregon. 

     Ever since I have been able to grasp the concept of a photograph and learn how to take my own I have practically fallen in love with the world of photography. I got my first camera when I was in high school and nothing was safe from my photography madness. Now, back then the pictures I took were alright, nothing special. Mostly of the people and some moments in my life. As the years went by the cameras I owned got more advanced, my photography got better, and my main photo targets also changed. My main targets now are landscapes. I love to capture a scene of a meadow, forests, rivers, canyons, oceans, and really anything that is part of the natural world. This love for landscapes was inspired mainly by the photography of Ansel Adams (I suggest to Google him if you do not know who he is already) and the rest comes from my own love of the natural world.  With the help of my current camera (a EOS Rebel XS) and a little Photoshop magic, I have been able to capture the following landscapes and moments over the years.

A beach in Bandon Oregon.

  

  Really, I love to take photos. Even if it means walking up a beach or river in the searing summer sun to get the perfect one. These specific photos come from my very own photography portfolio full of my best work to date.

My two brothers running in an orchard of some kind.

    I think why I love taking pictures of landscapes is because they remind me of what this country was once full of before it became so industrialized. I guess you can call me a tree hugging hippie. I also love knowing that my photos will be a reference of what this earth looked like for generations to come.

     I love that with every great photo I take there is an adventure that goes along with it. May it be me traveling solo on a beach or in the woods or the siblings and I traversing uncharted (uncharted to us that is) territory risking our life and limb just for the sake of adventure. If ever I write a book it will be full of those photographic adventures of mine. Perhaps I will share a few of those on this very blog. We shall see.

The moon.

Gotta love those little moments

 


       I also love to capture not so common moments with my photography, like a full moon or a place that you know you will not visit again for some time. I love to capture those little moments that a lot of us tend to miss in this crazy world of ours.


    
       All that to say, I love to take photos and I do not see myself getting bored of it anytime soon. The world is so big that I cannot imagine how I would. To all of those who have a camera or can draw/sketch well, I encourage you to go out and capture a moment of your own to share with the world. Because those moments will only be here for a short time and the best thing we can do is preserve them so that we, as well as the rest of the world, can enjoy them for years to come.