Why photography?

Ever since I was little, I was interested in all kinds of art forms. I did things such as music, drawing, painting, paper quilling, the list goes on. While I still do many of those, for a long time I wanted to try photography. In photographs, you can’t choose what you see. If you don’t want something in the shot you have to move, try another shot, or edit it out. But every artist has their mistakes. A musician never has a perfect performance, no matter how perfect it seemed, No painter has a perfect painting. Photography is the same way. Even if there is something in the photograph that I’d rather not be there. It adds dimension, personality, a sense of being. The purpose of photography is not to have the most perfect picture, it is to capture the soul of you, the subject, everything in the shot, all at once. A photo is supposed to be an exact copy of what you see, so why does everyone say, “It’s better in person”. It’s because the camera can’t capture life, soul, freedom. That’s the struggle with photography. showing the audience the things the camera doesn’t with only using the camera, no editing. This is why I am so interested in the art of photography. I give you the real world in each photo, I think you will agree, it pays off.