If you were to go through my phone’s gallery, you’d be surprised at the number of pictures of the sky that you would find. For many of you that are already familiar with my pictures, you most likely know that I have a thing for showing the sky as best as I can in most of my pictures and I tend to make it the most exaggerated feature to the best that I can.
Is there a reason for this? I don’t think there’s any particular one. It was when I started pictures for my blog posts that I realized just how much I preferred taking pictures of the sky. I love it with dark clouds, I love it when it’s sunny, and I love it lurking behind buildings… however it is, I just enjoy taking pictures of the sky.
Does this mean I don’t take other pictures? Nah! I also seem to have a thing for clean and good roads, especially one with lots of trees. Don’t blame me, there’s something different about taking pictures of the road and trees that makes it look so much better than they do in real life. So, I take a lot of those.
I would have also taken pictures of buildings, but most of the time, there are always people in front or around them. And I prefer not to take pictures of humans, at the very least I’d prefer it if their face is not captured so they just blend in with the scenery instead of standing out.
Most of my coursemates already know me very well by now, and they’re used to it. We could be walking to or from lecture halls and I’ll suddenly get the urge to take pictures. I’ll ask one of them to hold my book while I begin to take shots. Sometimes, I’ll stand in the middle of the road so I can capture the asphalt, other times I’ll point my phone’s camera at the sky as if I’m searching for the castle I built there. There are even times I’ll almost lie down on the ground because I want to capture the grass.
Whew… the thing we do for content! And the funny thing is, I actually enjoy doing this. At the beginning of this year when I set a goal to only use original images, I just wanted to do it so I could give my posts a personal feel. So that when you go through them, you don’t just read my words, you also feel my pictures. However, I didn’t know I would enjoy doing this. When I’m taking pictures, it seems like I’m in a totally different world and nothing can touch me. The only other time I get that feeling is when I’m writing.
I know I’m an armature, and I’m not even planning on going professional or anything. You won’t see me taking a course to get better. I’ll just keep learning as I take more and more pictures. This is something I’m doing now as a hobby and I’m not going to let the hunger for money taint it for me.
So, should you be expecting more pictures from me? You can bet it! I’ll keep churning out pictures when I can and hopefully with time, I’ll be inspired by more than just the sky, the road, and the trees. I’m just a newbie in this field, and the road is very long!
One of the highlights of this entire thing for me is when some people refuse to believe that they know some of the places in my pictures. Some pictures I took in my school, I showed it to my coursemate once and he didn’t believe that it was our school indeed. He thought it was just some fancy rich kid estate. Hehe… moments like this make me appreciate this even more.
Anyway… like I said, there’s still a long way for me to go. And with time, I’ll be able to take pictures of anything I want. Even pictures of the clouds from close range, without the pesky inconvenience of the confines of a plane. Don’t ask me how yet, miracles happen! But all in all, I look forward to an enjoyable future in this photography industry I’ve sneaked into.