Professional photography has never really been on my radar. I never thought of using it as a career, and, as can be shown by Facebook and DeviantArt accounts, it only blossomed into a minor, very amateur hobby. More recently, though, I have started to understand what a worthwhile skill it would be. Being away from home and friends has showed me that I really haven't documented my life to the degree that I would like, and I feel like I should have taken a bigger interest, especially after getting my own digital camera almost two years ago.
Originally I would surf the internet, marveling at others' skill with a camera and mope in my own lack of skill. Now, though, I have found that such wondrous shots are not as far out of my reach as I had once thought. That, and much of the subject matter, styles, and angles I have been searching for has yet to be made, or is hidden within the recesses of Google searches and misaligned wording (readers will note that I sometimes have an odd way of phrasing things, especially compared to the rest of the internet community). I have really found a new interest in cinematography lately, and I am often apt to imagine the layout of scenes and pictures in my mind, sometimes even to the point where I may one day find time to bring them to reality.
Any venue to live out these fantasies will be readily welcomed, and I am even now in talks with my friends for such filming and photo shooting opportunities. One would hope that Spring and Summer breaks would yield more time for this sort of creativity... but procrastination and a failure to really plan things out has proved the bane of many such endeavors.
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