Salvage The Precedent

Do you know why I love photography? Why the concept of capturing an instant on a small device fascinates me so much? It is because when you take a picture, your are catching a moment in time that is gone forever. You are catching something that is irretrievable and will never happen again. You are capturing a moment in time that will never come back.

So, photography is basically a perception of light. At just the right moment, a small, lightproof box opens for a quick second to let a tiny amount of light in. This creates a chemical reaction that is duplicated onto a photo film, along with the help of many mirrors, a pentaprism (five sided piece of glass), and an eye lens. This is a very, very simplified explanation of how a camera works, but even so, it delights me.

If you think about it, time just keeps going and going until it can't go anymore, and it waits for no one. Thanks to a man named Johann Zahn, along with the help of many others along the way, we now have something that freezes moments of time so that we don't lose it completely.

Photography assists human life in so many ways as well. It helps us learn about our ancestors, our history, and our past. It provides needed information to doctors, teachers, and detectives (as well as many other professions around the world). And sometimes it could even save lives in a courtroom or crime scene.

I once heard somewhere that when you spend time with someone, you are giving them a little piece of your life that won't be returned to you, and I couldn't agree more. The duration you spend doing something, anything, is gone forever after it passes. Photography is a physical token that saves the time you spent.

Photography can be such a beautiful thing, and when used correctly, it is a way to go back in time.

May this everyday blog written by an everyday teenager make your day 1 in a million.

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