So I am that person that finds so much beauty in nature. The sunset, the sunrise, snow falling delicately from the sky, a bird building her nest, and so on and so forth. I love it all. But then again, I'm also that sentimental fool that would love to hold hands with my lover and watch the sunset while sipping wine and eating delicious chocolate cake. I stumbled upon (literally because I absolutely love stumbleupon) a photo blog that I am using as my inspiration for this blog. [The link is at the bottom of the page.] Photography, in my opinion, is the purest form of art, even if Aristotle doesn't agree. A painting, sculpture, dance, piece of music, etc are all creations. Photographs are like visual documentations. The beauty that is found in nature is captured without any deviation. Of course photo shop has introduced a method of editing photos; a models imperfections can be erased with a push of a button. Aside from the wonders of photo shop, photography captures a moment, exactly as it happened. We keep photographs to remind us of moments, without any delusions. Photograph are cable of reminding us of beautiful moments in nature and our lives (as well as less attractive moments in our lives we would rather not remember). My point is, an artists uses his or her imagination when creating a painting, while a photographer captures the reality. A yellow sky and purple trees are only plausible in a painting. In a less extreme example, the subject of a portrait can request to the artist to downsize a large nose, fix a crooked smile, etc. A photograph enhances to beauty of imperfections.
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