Peace And Happiness
Good day y’all and thank you for visiting this weeks blog post. This one will be more on a personal level on why I love photography so much so this week there won’t be a favorite photo taken from the week. Instead I will be posting some of my favorites but one of my all time favorites at the very end that to this day is still one that brings me happiness. Perhaps I will get an enlargement of it one day and display it in my home when I change up my photographs.
Just like a sweet and delicious dessert that we enjoy on our birthday or on special occasions like an anniversary that brings a small smile to our faces, photography can be just as enjoyable and relaxing. I love my fair share of sweets and desserts like the next person but I tend to like them even more when I am depressed or feeling lonely to try and living the mood. Although it can make you happy for a short period of time, it won’t be permanent. I try to then go to other things that can bring me joy, bring me out of a funk and back into happiness. Photography is one of those joys as it occupies and distracts the mind from lingering on the negative. Photography reference pun intended there. So the above photo was taken at my mum’s birthday of a cake that my sister had made from scratch. My sister is a wonderful baker, her sweets are delicious and always enjoyable, and whenever I get to sample or take some home, I of course take the opportunity to do promotion shots for her. Like I said, I love photography just as much as I love sweets. An added bonus is I can do as much photography as I like and not worry about a thing other than if the photo is going to turn out or not. Shake off those negative vibes like a polaroid picture.
What brings me some great joy is not just photography but being out with family and friends. This past year I got to share the experience of watching some fox kitts with a friend and share some knowledge about the wildlife. I got to take my mum to the mountains for the day and enjoy a very pleasant drive to a beautiful boardwalk that she wanted to visit. Friends and family are one thing that makes me very happy. They are my rock and keep me very grounded even when I can see times getting dark. Whenever I need to get away, to clear my head, I find being in nature, around animals tends to be a great start to clearing the mind. Being able to share those experiences with a friend and a family member, I will always have a smile one my face. The pictures above is only a couple of my favorites and they do bring me some great joy. Especially the one of the bison behind the trees as I still love the feel I get from this picture.
Lately, I find myself looking at these photos more and more and how I could change them, enhance them, or if they simply are still perfect even with their imperfections. Nothing is perfect which makes it even that much more interesting. I look at these images when I am down and I remember the experiences that I shared, even if it was with a stranger or simply with my dog Winnie. Which brings me to my all time favorite photograph at this moment. I bring you to my last photo of this post.
Title: Der Leckerbissen
Winnie, my dog, brings me so much great joy and has brightened the darkest of days. There have been times where I would have had a long day at work, practically coming home with such stress, and after seeing my little pup come jumping with her tail wagging. Even though Winnie can be moody, a drama queen, and sometimes a little sassy, she is full of character. I have her posted on my phone and whenever I can feel sadness coming in, I look at her even if she is not around me at the time, and the darkness fades away. She is my most photographed model and such a great practice on doing pet photography. I have learned a lot from my little dog and who knew that you could learn so much from a pet. She has taught me patience and to enjoy life in the moment, even when I find it difficult to do so in times of darkness. One thing I have to learn from her is to not let things worry me, to let things that bother me go. To let it go.
In the end, photograph has helped me really learn to focus on one thing at a time. I have been able to focus on just the task at hand and when I get in the groove, it’s like the rest of the world fades away. It is just me, my camera, and the subject I am pointing at. Everything else around me is just silent. Enjoy the moment. That is the lesson of this blog post. Enjoy the moment and don’t let the little things bother you. Apologies if this was a little heavier but there is something to be learned from it. Something that I have to continue to remember for myself. With this, I bid you all Gute Nacht.
Tschüss!