My Year in Review | Photos and Words

January

counsins / brothers / winter cooking / basketball watching

February

babysitting / valentines / sledding with friends / hair feather/ watching friends in sports / brother signing

March

awkward cousin photoshoots / National Lutheran Schools Week / best friend / volleyball team at Dairy Queen / teachers making pancakes for us / roller blading / State wrestling championship (1st place!)

April

confirmation / track meets / best friend / last school band concert / last school volleyball game

May

track meet / baseball games / Festival of Nations / annual lock-in / prom / last choir concert / 8th grade field trip / volunteering at Camp

June

Zach's graduation / my graduation / my mom's graduation / salutatorian speech / first Twins game at the new field / goodbye parties for friends

July

campfires / fish / lake / wedding / first phone / 4th of July / fireworks / brothers / trips

August

state fair working / county fair ribbon-winning / flower picture-taking / bird watching / babysitting

September

birthdays / adventure seeking / cousin time at the lake / dog-loving / portfolio building / football games / 1st day of school / first pepfest / Girls of Grace concert

October

volleyball / cousin's confirmation / brother's playoff game / adventures with the cousins / early Christmas / Fields of Faith / half marathon watching

November

Grand Marais / youth group trip / Gooseberry Falls / Thanksgiving / Student Council lock-in / my birthday

December

snow fall picture / band gift exchange / church youth directors / my old school's Christmas concert / best friend / siblings / winter pepfest / new mascot / aunts / extended family / cousin with our friend's baby

My Reason

Do you ever ask yourself why you photograph?

There are times when I ask myself this, but it truly became reality this week. 

I was at my brother's last wrestling tournament all day Thursday.

He had his first two matches, and he had one more. 

During the 2nd period, something happened. He got hurt. 

He got hurt, and I photographed the exact moment when he screamed. {He's a senior in high school, doesn't happen that often}

Now, I have a 70-300mm lens, so I can zoom pretty far and let me tell you, I got some good pictures of the whole meet.

So where am I going with this?

What I'm saying is that I captured a moment that hundreds of people are still talking about.

That one little moment changed my whole point of view. 

I saw something that a lot of people missed. I could go back and look at the picture to prove what happened.

I assure he's doing better now. It looked pretty bad at first though. He still has to get an x-ray of his shoulder that got hurt. 

My brother is the one laughing.

I'm sparing you guys the picture because it is really sad.

I'm proud to say that I got a picture that has truly changed how I feel about photography. That one split second has affected me tremendously. 

Why do you photograph? {if you do}