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Linking Young Minds Together
     Volume 2 Issue 60 | March 16 , 2008|


  
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Clicking away between classes

 

Vector graphics, ambience, swirling and panning, composition, perspective, macro lens, tripod - sounds like photography jargons? Well yes they are, but that's not our focus today, no, it's not the professional photography we are talking about here; rather it's the kind of photography we all do randomly. Recently which has become a well-known pastime for the young people evrywhere. The cell phone companies are also encouraging amateur photography as they are providing their users with high proficiency photography options in the cell phones.

A cell phone enabled with VGA or mega pixel resolutions, or a digital camera allows all of us to become photographers- taking snaps and going “Click”, framing animate and inanimate objects, capturing the moment with a shot. There are quite a number of youngsters who just go “Click” ing with whatever camera they have, taking shots of nature, objects, people or just capturing a glimpse of the city-lifestyle.

They are not professional photographers, maybe it's just a mere hobby or more of a bekar camera utilization, which actually proffers their love for nature, passion for life creating a sense of awe and wonder in the viewer's eyes. Although these photos most of the time do not make their way to artistic galleries or photography exhibitions, yet sometimes they turn out to be no lesser than a masterpiece when pondered.

This kind of random photography makes a person push his/her creative envelope, letting sparks of creativity take flight. For some photography is like an escape from hectic schedules serving as a refuge from the stereotypical lifestyle; it's the openness and pull of nature that makes them frame their expressions through photographs as metaphors. Pictures of different objects, still life, silhouettes, enthralling natural beauty and reflections can create impressionistic and abstract images depicting a deeper meaning. It can work as a bridge between the thoughts of the photographer and spectators. A photograph is like the canvass of a human mind.

The art of seeing is actually the reflection of deep contemplation and study. Most of us - while taking random pictures of whatever that interests us, don't calculate angles, lightings or other photography infrastructures; yet some of those candid pictures turn out to be unique in their own way. Photography is a creative hobby, an expressionist attitude of spending your leisure, providing you the opportunity to explore your passions. So, see, watch, explore and go clicking! Lose yourself in the viewfinder.

 

 

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