Manifest Destiny

                                       

I'm not too into the photography realm of thinking; I don't really understand contrast or composition or any of the terminology for it. My roommate Dylan is especially good at it though, every day he comes back with spectacular photos he shot that day; they are completely surreal and beyond any professional work I've seen. I remember one he showed me after he came back from the beach. Typically I'm not a big fan of people who take sunset shots because of how easily a person is able to capture a moment as beautiful as a sunset. My photo above is a perfect example, I was on a bus and just took out my phone and clicked a button, that's it... and I got exactly what I wanted, which was a beautiful sunset, it was much too easy. But Dylan, that day came back from the beach with a sunset shot, but that's not all, the picture was a shot of the the sunset as it silhouetted an island not far from shore, as a wave crashed upon the island. Out of all of the pictures he's showed me, that one was my favorite. Anyways I feel like veering off the subject and back to the discussion about sunsets. there's a very interesting quote I saw about how the reason the west is the most prominent is because of the sunset. That all who wish to complete or feed their sense of fulfillment head towards the sunset to catch the last rays of light as the sun falls through the horizon. Daniel Day Lewis, who I believe is an actor wrote or said that... But back to Dylan. When he explained to me his interest in writing he talked about how his grandfather was a World War II photographer, so what it seemed like was, photography was in his blood. As if he was meant to do it, he pursues photography as if he knew he was supposed to. Maybe its similar to the 'Manifest Destiny" idea, the self-fulfillment of knowing what you want and "pursuing it mercilessly", This whole concept definitely makes me think about what I love enough to pursue mercilessly. Not that I have to think about it, Film pops up immediately, I love film more than anything else in the world, and thats all there is to it... the only trouble I have is the pursuit of it, I don't seem to have the right drive... Maybe I should start making one...