My Scholarship entry - A 'place' I have visited

My Scholarship entry - A 'place' I have visited

Austria | Monday, January 14, 2013 | 5 photos

Being a highly analytical person, I realized early in life that my desire and motivation to experience the world to the fullest in its entirety exceeded those of most other people. I understood that it is my duty to share the experiences I encounter during my pursuits to fulfill these motivations and to perpetually develop the technical proficiencies necessary to best convey my overwhelming wonder and love for this planet and all its inhabitants. This is undoubtedly self-indulgent, but I also deeply believe that my efforts can educate and inspire others to adapt a similar attitude to mine and to see our world with a positive and optimistic outlook - this is why I am a photographer. Ever since I started taking photography seriously, I knew that National Geographic is my ultimate goal. I started with studying Cinematography and Film Production in Ireland with an emphasis on photography, but soon discovered that I was not interested in creating "fictional" images, what did interest me is images which show the world as it is. I believe emotions found in these images are honest and mostly positive. I have been working on conveying such emotions for over 7 years as an amateur travel photographer, but I feel I have much to learn about telling stories though my images, which I always find to be the toughest challenge - this is why I believe this Scholarship is right for me.