Photography=Words

Welcome to Photography=Words. This is a place to come and see wonderful pictures taken by myself for your enjoyment. First you will see the art form at the top of the post, followed by some words on how I may have been feeling when the photograph was taken or what comes to mind. There may be some story on the adventure that was taken upon shooting. Above is the very first photo that I took while starting my hobby as a photographer. Walking around Toronto, my hometown, looking for things that intrigued me I came upon this. Dupont subway station, I loved the way the bus stop took over the whole scene. It just dominated everything, so therefore became my first piece of art. The 26 Dupont bus is my favourite route on the TTC system and there I was standing at the station with all this in front of me. The door slightly open from the wind of the subway trains. The shine and light from the sun. The mirror reflection on the windows showing what was standing across the street. All this defined a perfect photo for me. I also took the photo with a point and shoot camera, a Polaroid digital camera (which I still have) and after all that home editing, ta-da we have a picture. Maybe not my best, I can admit that now, be a start no less. So give it a chance, because this is what started it all.
I still remember that day. I bought the camera the day before. Took it out for a test run, snapped shots of everything that I thought was interesting and kept walking. I really didn't care about lighting and setting the camera up for the best shot. All I cared about was getting images to work with. Posting them on Facebook and moving on. Later I discovered how important editing a picture really is, and for that matter cropping the shot. Many photos later I still value this one picture, because it started it all.
2006 was the beginning of a new therapy for me. I suffer from depression and anxiety, I needed a way to release all this emotion and this was the way. It worked for the most part, as you will see as time goes by, the pictures get darker and darker. Don't worry, it helps to release all that darkness which helps with the happy. So here we go.