Sunday morning and I’m at Starbucks editing photographs. For those of you who don’t know I pretty much know the Starbucks staff across the Dallas/Fort Worth metroplex due to my frequent visits. It’s my home away from home. Coffee, meeting people, the internet. Ooooh Yeah. (I should’ve invested in the company a long time ago but oh well too late to fuss).
Sunday is a day that many people go to church and as such a day full of meaning. People cling to their individual beliefs and find meaning in their lives because of it. God works in mysterious ways some might say. As an artist I couldn’t agree more.
I gave some photography tips to some eager students the other day and said, “your photographs need to tell a story and convey something. How does it make you feel? What do you like about it? What does it make you think of?” An assignment for anyone interested in photography is to photograph something ordinary – a flower for example. But do so in a way that’s different…that presents the flower differently…pay attention to how the light falls on it, pay attention to what’s in your background. You’re not just a photographer, you’re a storyteller.
