To me photos are captured memories. They mean a lot to me.
Sometimes it isn’t people that carry the memory, it might be an object. There are lot of objects I remember fondly because of the person they are associated with in my memory. But like people, objects don’t last forever. I like to preserve them in a photo.
If you think about it, there will be things that are important to you. You might never have told anyone else about them and perhaps they might even come as a surprise to you. Nana's teacup. Your best friend’s fingers. Your neighbours rose. These objects and images are connected to your emotions so they make wonderful subjects for your photos.
Here are some ideas of things to you might like to photograph.
• Your grandmother’s dressing table
• A perfume bottle
• Your wedding ring
• Your mother’s cream sponge
• The lace or embroidery of a table cloth
• Your child’s first sandals
• Your baby’s feet
• Your dog resting his head on your partners knee
• The first daffodil of the season
• Autumn leaves
• Sheet music
• Old piano keys
• The star on your Christmas tree
• Your child’s first school report.
• Your child’s face reflected in a window or mirror
• Raindrops
• Puddles
• The first blade of grass in your new lawn
Many of these things are fleeting. If you don’t capture them straight away it will be too late. Don’t think of your camera as a tool for photographing people. Think of it as a way of recording the very special things in your life.
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