This past year my photos have hit a few new groups of friends who don't quite know the energy or aren't used to the quantity, quality, and captions of my facebook albums. Their delight and surprise make me happy, and while some may never know it, these pictures are how I love:
Pulling myself away from the crowd to snap a shot of it
Weaving my way into the groups to capture the intimacy of interactions
Missing parts of the scene and show because I'm watching it through my lens
Swapping lens, swiveling my external flash, climbing atop chairs
Curating photos, deleting the bad and okay to leave the best
Cropping the ones shot too wide
And adding an extra hour or two to caption, tag, and order
And as the the red flags show up and people laugh and enjoy, I know that the hours put into this craft, hobby, and creation is worth it. Because treating them to documented memories, helping them to remember times well spent and laughter made together is my gift to my friends and colleagues around me. Even if to some it's just another thing on the newsfeed, just another quick album to browse through, the short-term happiness is worth it. This is how I love, this is what I offer: I am a friend who loves relationships and a photographer with enough talent and skill, and these two intersect with a bit of energy and time to give you just another album of photos.
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