~:[CH13 - Day 114]:~ Framing

 
~:[CH13 - Day 114]:~ Framing

For those who are unaware, I do a lot of photography in Japan. I spent some time there covering events, planning, and also collaborating with various artists while there. During my time there, I came across another photographer. The first reason his page caught my eye was that his name was Junya Watanabe (reference to a song). Of course, secondly, it was because of the last name and his initials JW; the same as mine. It was great to finally connect in Japan at one of his shows and see his wonderful work. He recently release a book and I was glad to received his second print. When thinking about photography, when we are behind the lens, we need to frame our photos the way we think is most pleasing. We crop out what we don't want in our photos to give us the best image possible. If we Zoom in too far, we're stuck with what we have, but when we take a step back, we can later crop that photo. Life is kind of like photography. We have a choice to frame our view of life the way we want. Frame each moment in our lives as best as we can and while life doesn't have a photoshop that we can crop everything out we don't find pleasing, there are opportunities where we can crop things out and move forward and frame our lives the way we want. While some times it's unavoidable, many times, we have the power to change how our lives our and all it takes is a little bit of cropping. Keep our perspectives wide and then focus in on the things we want and the direction we want to go. As I continue my journeys working with photography around the world, I hope that at the end of the day, the photographs I take reflect a world that I want to share with the world. I hope that instead of making what others find beautiful, I find the image that I want for myself, as at the end of the day, others may have an opinion of what they say, but only I have to walk down this road that is my life.