While there are times I enjoy shooting landscapes or other inanimate objects, a lot of the fun in photography for me is capturing the essence of a moment between people. This picture, to me, illustrates exactly why photography holds such a large piece of my interest.
The ability to take a moment that several people are sharing and set it down on film or disk is a powerful thing. You can look back at it and wonder exactly what was going on, or smile as you remember the way he was looking at her, or the conversation those friends were having ...
Here, you get to think about things like the reason for him holding two jackets, or just why he's standing in such an awkward way, or the reason for the little smile on his face. Which are all probably related, to tell the truth.
I wish I had some of my film pictures to upload here from years ago. Some of those are ones I'm truly proud of, and it's moments like these that illustrate why.
-David
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