In honor of Valentine's Day, our theme for this week's diptych is love. I couldn't be happier with the way our entry came out. To me, it sums up my general philosophy on photography. That is, a photo should capture a moment and freeze it in time, allowing those who view it to feel what it was like to be in that very moment. Both of our pictures capture love as it happened, not in some staged or posed fashion.In Gini's picture, you not only see the physical demonstration of love - the actual valentines - but you can sense how lovingly they were made by looking at Garrin's sweet little fingers, working busily away.
In mine, I think you can feel the love between Matthew and Gabby. He's touching her head so tenderly, and she's resting so peacefully in his lap. I took this picture a few weeks ago with my Blackberry, hence the lousy quality. I tried yesterday to recreate that moment so I could capture it with one of my other cameras. But you know what? Despite their higher resolution and clarity, they didn't come out anywhere near as beautiful as this one.
Further proof that you have to just let life unfold before your eyes and relish it. You can't try to orchestrate it so that it's perfect, or you'll end up missing the true beauty of the moments.
2 comments:
Very nicely said my sista'!!! Especially the last paragraph! Love to you.
Great pictures ladies!
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