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P H O T O G R A P H Y

The camera is still a relatively new tool to me. The camera I am currently using is the Canon EOS 350D (or Digital Rebel as it’s called in the USA) and it has made photography considerably easier and a lot more fun. This is because my camera is digital versus the old film camera I was previously using. No longer do I have to wait for my film to be developed. No longer do I have to process my film in the dark using toxic chemicals. What I receive now is instant feedback via my camera’s LCD screen about the picture(s) I just snapped. This allows me to instantly check my pictures while I am in the field, saving both time and effort.

I enjoy the challenge of making everyday situations into something special and meaningful, and I love capturing the small moments in life that can mean so much but that so few people think of when an event is happening . I strongly believe in the legendary words of Robert Capa, “if your pictures aren’t good, you’re not close enough” because that summarizes what’s important in photography – getting close to your target. I will never have the courage, as he did, to charge into the middle of a war zone, snapping away with my camera as bombs fall around me. However, I at least can get close enough to the things and to the events that occur in my own life, and in the lives of others, to snap pictures that also make a difference. As Robert Capa captured the important moments of war, I aspire to capture the important moments in the lives of those at peace and at play.