Hi Marilyn, I grew up watching my dad take family photographs. He spent money on all sorts of equipment and for a time, developed his own film. When I was nine, I met my mother's dad for the first time. He made a living from photography. He traveled door to door making family portraits, black and white, and would sometimes paint them with oil paints. When I was 13, my god-parents sent me a camera as an 8th grade graduation gift. One might feel I was born into photography. Perhaps. >From the very first time I used my new camera I fell in love with photography. I wanted to capture everything on film. Time passes. All those moments that pass can never be relived except in memory, unless it is captured. And that was my hook. Capturing moments in time that would be forgotten if not for that image permanently etched on film and transferred to paper. Sometimes those images become damaged or may fade a bit over time, but they are always there. All my grandparents and both my parents are gone now. All my children are grown (one has passed away). But anytime I need them, I have them in photographs. I can record time and memories in pictures. It is one of my most favored loves. Thank you for this question. I'm interested in the thoughts of others as well. Shyrell Melara For the Quality You Deserve! Melara Family Photography http://shyrellmelara.tripod.com ----- Original Message ----- From: Marilyn <marilyn@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: "List for Photo/Imaging Educators - Professionals - Students" <photoforum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: photography Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2005 18:07:04 -0700 > > I am interested in knowing what purposes all of you feel photography > serves, and especially interested in knowing those purposes beyond > earning a living. > > Another way to put my question (or this could be interpreted as another > question) what is photography beyond the camera (leaving the > technicalities of photographic equipment, that is)? > > Another, more romantic way, to word my question would be - what place in > your heart does photography fill? > > Marilyn > ________________________________ > > Leave gentle fingerprints on the > soul of another for the angels to read. > > Proverb > __________________________________ -- _______________________________________________ NEW! Lycos Dating Search. The only place to search multiple dating sites at once. http://datingsearch.lycos.com
