Ever since I was young, I have always had a passion for artistic expression. When I was younger, it was "drawing and coloring": I used to occupy myself and my siblings for HOURS making all sorts of pictures, designing costumes for our extended periods of "pretend," and other activities. Unfortunately, I neglected my flare for sketching as I advanced thru school; but after graduating high school, my passion was rekindled when I happened to stumble upon my dad's underwater camera (I believe it was a Nikon), and it all went downhill from there.
Photography is like "drawing" for me. Only instead of relying on my now wanting personal skills/talents to recreate expression, I get to go out and find it in real life, and then just capture it all on film! One of my favorite aspects of taking pictures involves the ability to photo life as we experience it from different angles and perspectives. Challenging our paradigms is not something that we, by nature, enjoy doing - we tend to get stuck in our ruts. But by taking the time to examine subjects from different dimensions, THAT'S what results in some truly fantastic pictures.
Suffice it to say, I'll most assuredly be turning in my projects and assignments on time; but NOW you all know that (more than likely) they'll all be last minute mad-rush attempts at scholasticism; after I've stuffed all my spare time full of photo-journalistic, fun-seeking, camera antics. Now go and do likewise. (Insert big cheesy grin here).
