Discover

My Scholarship entry - Discover

Photography to me is taking everything around you and making it look like it ends. Or in a sense summing up the entire 360 degrees into a frame that your eyes can manage. My purpose for photography has been to capture the mood/atmosphere of a place and give that same feeling to others. I'm very interested in why people like photos they do. Sometimes what I consider a mediocre picture is one my friends like the most and other times the picture they like I would consider one of the "not so good ones." My "realistic" goal with photography is to continue doing it for the simple pleasure and maybe one day have pictures on the walls of a few small town coffee shops. Seeing the advertisement for this contest reignited the dream of taking pictures for a living (Or at least part of one) . I grew up in a small town in British Columbia I enjoy skiing, hiking kayaking and just about anything else that pushes personal limits and promotes discovery. My dad has always scoffed at how are society seems to promote mediocrity. With all the go pro videos on the internet its hard to ignore this. I guess my greatest fear is to be just another mediocre photographer. Which in all reality I am. :P