A little while ago I posted about Passion, and one of my passions is photography. It has become such a big part of my life over the past 2 years and is slowly (very slowly) developing into something that earns me a little bit of money. The other day I was thinking about my photography, about how much I enjoy it and trying to remember where it all started.
Oddly enough it started in Mexico. Nick and I were on a cruise to celebrate our first anniversary (insert awww's and how cute's here) and were in Ensenada at La Bufador (the natural blow hole). I told Nick to stand in front of the wall so I could take his picture when the waves came up... and missed it, and then missed it again, and missed it again, and finally gave up. I remember being so frustrated with my camera and it's lack of speed. It was just a simple point and shoot camera with the normal lag time that comes with them. I remember thinking about how nice it would have been to have a "fancy camera" that could take multiple frames per second (actually it sounded more like "I just want to hold down the button and hear the camera go click, click, click, click and have it take lots of pictures in a row"). When we got home, I remember spending hours online researching cameras; Nikon vs Canon, this model vs that one, etc. I was obsessed (I know, me? Obsessed over something? Hard to believe... just keep your laughter to a minimum). Then the "saving up" process began. Really I just talked about it incessantly to Nick until he finally agreed to buy it for me for Christmas :) Sometimes it's good to be a girl.
And thus my passion was born. After that fateful Christmas, my camera and I have developed a very close relationship, as you well know.
Nobody really spoke up last time, but I'm going to ask again. What are your passions and where did they get their start? Anybody have any interesting stories?
2 comments:
I do not have an interesting story and my passion is less of a hobby but more of a dream.
I want to create a community in my backyard. I want to have multiple families or couples living on one property. And I want to be the mother hen of it all. I also want to volunteer at church instead of working a job. These are the two things that I think about constantly. I am definitely passionate about them.
Love you Kim!
Crochet. It started at that RS Super Saturday we had at the BC about five years ago. Amy taught a quick lesson on the crochet basics and I took to it pretty quickly. And I haven't stopped! I love to make things, to come up with new ideas, to imitate other people's creations... it's so much fun! And, like your photography, it's slowly turning into something I can make a little money doing. :)
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