Photographer Wannabe

I want to be a photographer. Maybe not for a living, but as a side gig? And also as a hobby. Seeing people's works on deviantART, in art galleries, at art shows, at the exhibition such as the Touring Prints one.. it stirs something in me. I want to be like those people. I want to have their cameras, see what they see, be able to take those pictures. It hurts to not have those skills and to not have the monetary funds to follow this path.

But I still try. Pathetic amateur attempts, but attempts nonetheless.

Like I blogged about before, Saturday I went to Muriwai Beach. It was breathtakingly beautiful. Seriously.

And I have finally uploaded the photos to Picasa! In an attempt to be, for lack of better vocabulary in my head, "concise".. and also non-repetitive, I've only uploaded 56 out of 197 images. I didn't realise I had taken so many pictures! Hahaha. These photos have little or no work done on them. If they have been edited, it was probably to crop it a bit. The pictures do not do justice to the beauty of the place, especially during the sunset, but hopefully it will at least give you an idea of how amazing it was.

I will also be posting some of my photos on my deviantART account as well. Some of them I'll probably post as is, but some I want to Photoshop to make them even.. better? Which presents another problem.. I suck at Photoshop. Another area where I wish I had skills! I would love to be an artist of some sort, whether it be in graphic design or a similar field. If only this was The Matrix and I could just put in a call to the operator to give me such skills. There is so much potential for these photos, but I feel they will not get far in my hands. And that makes me sad. I want them to go far.. and I want to take them there.

Anyway, I am rambling. Just wanted you to know that the beach pictures are up. And COMMENT, people, COMMENT! I know it's incredibly selfish of me to ask so much when I give so little back, but still.. I would love it if you commented~! *^^*