The warm air is breathed into the belly of the earth
Sucked in
In anticipation of dawn
I feel the shift in temperature as I walk
The moisture turns to frost
A bird sings a poignant anthem
And the sun rises
Gently warming my shoulder
My smiling cheek
The camera buttons sleek beneath my frozen fingers
Click
I’ve stolen a moment
Tucked it behind a lens
But it is never enough
Tomorrow I will be back again
As I walked I was listening to a Mark Manson podcast. Overall, it was about contrast. The contrast of our lives and how pain and suffering lead to growth.
Photography – the developing and processing of an image takes into account contrast, brightness, saturation, sharpness. When taking a photo I’m adjusting for light, angle, composition. I don’t like to do a lot of post processing so I am always trying to get the photo the way I want it when I take the frame.
Today, I decided to have an excellent day. So I will get it right within the frame of my mind, adjust my thinking, my angle, and continue to adjust, crop out the details that could cause that image to deteriorate. Then tonight, snuggled up in bed, I’ll look back, enjoy the image.
For what is our life but a series of self created memories, snapshots in time, here for a moment, and then gone from our own minds?
