Mirrors, Lenses & Photographs

I am an introverted and camara shy woman. People meet me and see the fire in my personality and mistake it for extroverted-ness. I can do it. The crowds. The people even when it's over peoply (yes Imade that word up!) ... but then I go back into my shell. I go back into my imagination and rest there. My imagination is home.

My godfather was a wonderful photographer, and I dabbled a little but only with black and white images. I loved the pure, rawness of no color to distract from what was in front of me. With color gone I can see the nooks and crannies of where life is happening on the fringes of me standing in that moment at that time to capture that exact moment.

I essentially hold the camera up to capture the mirror my own soul. The reflection of how the world gives me time to see it fully, unencumbered and freely. So many moments are missed by simply not looking up. I lament for the mirrors of life and moments we never see because we are so plugged into technology.
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I aspire to be more mindful. To be more aware. To simple BE then capture it for posterity. 

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