Moments can be defined as a brief period in time, but even in the briefness, moments can transform our lives because it’s in these moments, that our lives tell a story, they create and define what becomes our legacy, our story, that will with the passing of time, never fade or be forgotten by those that we share our lives with while we are here.
Moments tell a story, and in that, define time. We have and experience moments that are before big events in our lives, and after big events in life. Moments transform time, and they can be good or even bad. Moments close chapters, and open doors to new ones, but time can never be the same because once it passes, it’s over, and all things eventually end and bring forth new beginnings.
Moments can be the big things in our lives, or they can be the little, seemingly insignificant things that add up to be the big things. Moments can teach us. Single moments or collectively, they make us what we become, they give us experience on how to react, or they can completely blindside us. Either way, they change us.
So how does photography effect the moments in our lives? Photography gives us the opportunity to capture that moment in time; photography allows us the opportunity to record a moment in time, and in doing so, to tell a story about that moment in time.
So yet, once again, photography is just not merely the act of taking a picture, but rather gives us the ability to capture time, to capture moments, the moments that define us, the moments that tell our story.
Photography can portray the past, the present, and even the future of some things. Photography records the happiness and/or the sadness that we experience in our lives, it captures the before events and our after events in our lives, it shows that we are not the same, and that our lives are no longer the same. Photography shows us who we are, not only what we look like, but how certain moments made us feel. Photography becomes the moments of our legacy that can be passed from generation to generation.
So not just taking a picture, but rather capturing the moments. Let photography tell your story. Let photography allow your voice to be heard, and to allow your story to unfold. Moments…