Photograph What You Love
What do you love to photograph? Might it speak volumes about yourself? Photographing our passions, the nuances of of family, friends, strangers, communities …the fine details of our everyday lives or vacation thrills…not that all of our photography subjects are happy ones. Even photographing sad, horrific, catastrophic images reveal passions.
Photograph what you love.
I photograph my passions of nature, of light in the bend of a tree, of fog across the water and the wisps of grey that hide and reveal. Once I sat at a fence line in a field for several hours photographing the dawn and chilly fog, wherein I knew there to be horses not to far from me. I could hear them snorting and prancing, faint gallops of chase they gave to one another, but which were blind to me. And then the fog revealed them ever so slightly amid hints of a light orange and yellow sunrise back-lighting. These photographs I never published. The images were too dear to me, a sacred experience even, that I thought by sharing and getting a heart, or thumbs up on social media, might cheapen the reverence of that morning.
Photograph what you love and your image reveals you.
Like it or not, our photography reveals essence of self and we become rather vulnerable and exposed—much like a poet or painter—with our photography. This isn’t a bad thing by any means, because photography provides us an opportunity to share in real life moments during the taking of the photograph. So when the photograph reveals the photographer, we are really no longer hiding behind the camera anymore. It is your vision, your moment with subjects that speak.
Photograph what you love, for you.
At the end of the day, photograph what you love, for you. There is no such thing as a perfect picture or a perfect subject, no perfect camera equipment to be had, and no perfect photographer. If your passion is photographing the starry night, the runway model, the city skyline or bare feet, so, then go for it! Life is too short to photograph anything less than what you love!
Photographer Krishnana Kalpat
Kalpat’s wildlife and cityscape images have been published in several Photography World articles, both online and in print.
” I strongly feel that every living being from a tiny insect to a big mammal have equal right(s) as we humans on this earth. That’s the reason I am drawn towards nature and its great biodiversity.”
Read more about Krishnan Kalpat in Photographer of Stories.
Photographer Wojtek
Ogorzelski
Photographing European architecture is Ogorzelski’s expertise. With his Leica equipment he also focuses on the candid photography of people in the cities, musical stage, and shows off his skills even more so in documentaries.
“Photography is my passion and profession,” —Photographer Wojtek Ogorzelski
Photographer Linda
Covey
American Photographer Linda Covey photographs everything! Her background in news and regional events of the southwest often find her photographing from the solace of the desert and then in contrast to more formal events and ceremonies, like weddings. Covey’s ability to capture the moment, like this bride to be and the look in her eyes, is what keeps Covey’s photography passions on the forefront.
Photographer Richard
Wright
A senior software developer for Software Bisque, Richard is a self-proclaimed nerd and, most noteworthy, an “amateur” astronomer since birth! He’s just published his new book that can be found on ibooks: The Evening Show, Revealing the Universe Through Astrophotography.
Ksenia
Photographer Mina
Thevenin
Author of several photography books, as well as writer and photographer at Photography World publication,
the camera—and likewise the photograph—is an extension of my vision. The “pen”, as it were,
is simply another language of intention.
The difference between the two? The pen allows for time travel.
Photographer Afia S.
Khan
Reisman
New York Photographer Reisman is an artist & photographer! Her primary photography focus is nature and photographing her travels.
Franken
Netherlands Photographer Hans Franken is well known for his European pastoral scenes and, above all, his use of light.
Photographer Linda Covey
Photographer Julie Holloway
Nature Photographer Julie Holloway photographs wildlife, particularly birds, in her home region of Kentucky.
