Not Just Photographs….

…Lasting impressions! A snapshot of a moment that would be frozen in time forever, that’s exactly how I refer to a photograph. What started out as a hobby became a passion and well although it is true that one is more beautiful in imagination I think a snap comes a close second. To capture good times with friends, family and loved ones man invented the camera that rid’s him the convenience of forgetting and remembering old faces and new at will.

While most of us want to look our best in a snap, doing up the hair or putting on some make up or straightening the shirt at the end of it all the photographer wants is just a smile :) and we all can give him that cant we? But yes I would agree with most of you taking a passport size snap is a painful experience where we have to force ourselves to smile so next time you go for one go with a friend! The smile comes out better.

In the age of digital camera’s the 35mm seems to hold its own and I frankly prefer good old films where the whole thrill of developing and printing and more so waiting to receive the same still sends a rush through me. My loved ones and friends look more beautiful and going through them I relive the experience, which needless to say brings about a smile on my face.

We all have some wonderful experiences in our lives, we visit new places, meet new friends, have some fun times with the old ones, are witnesses to something strange, try something new, look our best at a school reunion, cherish a family visit, hugging a loved one, the first step of a newborn, see nature in all its glory etc and although all these images would last forever in our mind, they become blur and tend to fade away with time and when we want to share it with our near and dear in words so few, we find it a little difficult. A photograph makes our lives so much easier in such times and all we had to do to relive the experience was to smile when we were asked to, or correct me was it “say cheese” :)