Photography and Liberation

"Our personal growth can fuel our photography and our photography can fuel our personal growth."
- Brooks Jensen.

I think I am confident enough to say that this playing around with the camera is not going to be a short term spur of the moment jump on the bandwagon thing for me. There is just so much to learn and in order to learn you just have to just keep at it, keep shooting and shooting.

When unpleasant thoughts persistently clouded my mind or disturbing emotions drained away my vital strength, I felt compelled sometimes to grab my camera and roam the streets or wander in some natural setting. Invariably my unpleasant mood would soon yield to a lightheartedness and a sense of being grounded. It was as though the constriction of being trapped in an enclosed, fragile self had been transcended by a sudden opening into the surrounding world.