The Beginning

“ You’ve got to push yourself harder. You’ve got to start looking for pictures nobody else could take. You’ve got to take the tools you have and probe deeper. – William Albert Allard

Now that I finally feel like I am at a skill level to publish a blog I'm doing it! I have want to for awhile now but was either A)too chicken or B) too caught up with life. So here goes nothing....I am now going to inform you on why I posted the quote ^^^up there. 

I believe that we all look for excuses to not take good photos, BUT we all have the capability to take good photos. My son (who is the good looking child in the photo above....he gets it from his Momma) takes amazing photos and he is 8 years old! Bresson didn't use the latest in technology for his photos....he used 1 lens and a film camera, no flash and he is a photography god! I'm not saying you are the next Bresson, those are some giant shoes to try to fill and you have a slim chance of doing so, BUT it just goes to show you don't need thousands of dollars in equipment to be brilliant you need vision. 
We are all surrounded by things everyday that other people in the world aren't and everything we experience we experience differently in our mind and eyes then the person next to us. That is why you should take photos of everything. Even if you think they are awful and look like out of focus junk......there might be something in that photo that your not seeing and someone else does. 
How often do you see photos that are just missing that small something that could change everything in the way you see it? Often when I look at photos I think about how I could have taken the shot differently. I know men and women often see things totally differently....I like to think women see things in a better light (hehe just kidding boys). You should never be afraid to do what is different or random or crazy....doing what is expected can get boring. Live on the edge with photography and don't be worried is people think you are slightly off your rocker. How else do you expect to capture what others aren't?

for some crazy reason if you don't know who Bresson is go here: HENRI CARTIER-BRESSON IMAGE GALLERY