2025-05-26
Removing the hesitance to post less-appealing shots can probably allow me share more and be more expressive.
I take lots of pictures on my camera. Up until now, my approach to choosing which of these pictures to share on my photography account has been to look through my camera roll and handpick the prettiest photos.
A consequence of this is that most photos I shoot would never possibly be published. It also makes my photo taking process feel a bit like content creation where creation is done with a concern of the opinion of the consumer, rather than for the sake of itself.
Every time I point my camera at a scene and shoot, I do so because there is something, however mundane, that strikes me about the scene. But the appreciation there is to be done in the recollection, appreciation, and sharing of the story behind the pictures I take easily gets lost when a picture is shared solely for its appearance.
Until the end of the year, at semi-consistent intervals, I will (with a reasonably random process) select a random non-personal photo from my camera. And no matter how mundane the picture is, I would publish it alongside an attempt at describing what that photo means to me.
I think the world is beautiful. And I feel this is a better means at engaging and sharing the beauty of the world than hand-selecting aesthetic images is.
This essay was inspired by Would You Still TAKE PHOTOS If NO ONE Cared.