Why do you take pictures?

Because I am hungry and alone, with no food at sight, I started to ponder on a lot of things I do.

Photography – one of my major non-sport hobby that I update more than all other hobbies. Why?

Have you seen a photo studio tagline? Most of them talk about ‘capturing moments’ which is why we take pictures, really. I have a birthday, papa comes and takes lots and lots of picture to remember, so that we could look back and go ‘Ah! Look how happy she looks! Look how pretty she was!’

I am unable to do that. Let me emphasise that. I am UNABLE to CAPTURE MOMENTS. I am serious. It might be because I lack skills, my dad is the one that is really good in capturing moments!

But, I like telling stories. I like sharing and listening to stories. Yours, mine, hers, his, whatever. I love listening to past experiences and current happenings. It is interesting to understand what others are feeling. I want people to understand me too. And that’s why I’m taking pictures. It’s less of a ‘I am happy so let me show you a flower’ but more of a ‘I get <this feeling> when I took this picture and when I came here. This picture will tell you that, because I’m lazy to write an essay on <this feeling> and picture tells a thousand words,’

That’s it. I want people to see what I see, to understand what I understand, to feel what I feel. I don’t know when was the time I started to have this kind of habit, but it’s been stickin’. I don’t know why too. I wonder who I got this trait from?

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