What Is Art?
Hello everyone,
It feels like it’s been awhile I feel a bit rusty for sure. I been working on my mental health and been seeing a therapist who has been helping me maintain some sort of stability in my life. Its been a great summer for me other then being annoyed with the horrendous heat I think I accomplish what I wanted in my photography journey. I switch the gears a bit from mainly focusing on wildlife photography to trying different styles and just keep on learning. While I been doing this I been also working on learning myself. Several times I found myself asking why am I doing this? what is it that i’m trying to convey?. I am glad though that I did wildlife photography, as that helped me learn my camera. I learn so much from pushing myself and making mistakes. I have learned to appreciate my hard work and to love the results. I will admit before starting wildlife photography I was hating the results I was getting as I thought in my mind that the pictures I was capturing did not look like the photos all the professionals take. I would beat myself up telling myself that picture looks awful what made you even snap that, what about that seem appealing to you? It was this mentality that was holding me back. That’s why when I was nailing those shots I was feeling good about myself because in my head I was getting better. I watched a lot of educational videos trying to “better” myself but all left me unsatisfied. All those videos can teach you for sure but one thing they never say is that this is your art and you should love your results as this is your vision. It was through all this struggle that I realized something and is something I been telling myself everyday. I realized that what I was lacking was courage. Courage to show everyone how I viewed the world I was so focus on mimicking the “pros” instead of focusing on “me”.
A year ago I started this website to show everyone my vision and share my stories, struggles and journey in this passion of mine. Is been quite an eventful year for sure many shots captured. A lot of memories were made and a lot of moments were frozen in time. Part of this journey has been mostly finding myself and what I love, I have never been more in touch with me and who I am. My moments captured portfolio really shows the result of my vision how I see the world and what I want to convey with my photography and part of it like I said is just having the courage. The courage to say to myself “that is beautiful capture it before the moment passes”. It was in this moments where I learn to appreciate life and what life has to offer. It may look like just a photo when viewed but the story behind that shot sometimes is where the memories are created and these moments become more impactful. So what is art? is art a feeling? can it be a painting or possibly a photo. Art is one of the most beautiful things we have in life because is so subjective. To a lot of people paintings are a form of art to others it may not just be painting it may also be music or photography. That’s what makes art so beautiful it makes you wonder, it makes you think, it invokes emotions. Art to me is the essence of what makes us human our need to be creative bringing our thoughts and vision to life. Whether is a photo, a painting, a lyric, or simply just a beat we are all creative in our own way.
So what is next for me? well I plan on keeping sharing my experiences, snapping photos and bringing my art to life. I have made a YouTube channel and I am planning to share a more behind the scenes of who I am and the thought process that goes behind every photo. I go to some surreal spots sometimes but I felt like I went there freaking out that I needed to nail the shot instead of actually taking the time to enjoy and make it a memorable trip. Now that I feel comfortable with my camera I know that I do not need to worry about nailing the shot instead I can focus on me and enjoying the moment and I am ready to bring you all along with me. I can only go up from here and I am more than ready to show everyone my life. Once I post my first video I will definitely link it to my website so you can go subscribe. I am just trying to figure out a couple of things before I do post my first video. I am so excited as I always knew I wanted to get to this point I hope it goes well. I am also planning on doing digital print drop of all the amazing photos I been able to capture of DC so far. I would like to offer more physical prints with frames and everything to show my art the way I want it to be seen but last time I did that it was a bit pricey and I wasn’t really getting a good percentage back from the company I was working with. This time I want to give you all the chance to own some of my photos so you can print it out and hang it yourself. Is cheaper and also helps me out as 100% of the profits go towards helping me better my gear so I can keep bringing the best content I can. Also, if you would like to help me out without buying a print I do have a donate button any donation is truly appreciated. I would love to also thank everyone who follows me on instagram as I just hit 1k followers. A crazy milestone for me as I never thought any of this could be possible. If you haven't done so yet go follow me on all social networks I am active mostly on Tik Tok and instagram and you can find me @capture_moment5. A special thanks also to @igdc, @dc.chasers, @dc_eyes, and @reagan_airport for sharing my work it truly does mean a lot. Thanks to everyone for taking the time to hear me ramble I am thankful for all the support I get on my work. Photography is such a huge passion for me and has change my life around I am truly grateful as I wouldn’t be here without it.
