One of the things most photographers want is to make something meaningful, and there are dozens ( if not millions ) of articles explaining what you need to do to make something "meaningful". I'd like to share this history with you guys, something that happened to me about two weeks ago, which I touched me on a personal level.
I went out photographing people in my own neighborhood when I met this lady and I asked her if it was okay if I made her portrait, and we talked a bit about how the little boy was her sunshine. Later when I got home I wrapped the conversation in an article for the newspaper ( they asked me if they could publish some of my portraits ). When the article was published the lady called me to thank me for what I had written.
She'd feared for her life, the doctors were unsure if she had this disease which would shorten her lifespan quite some time. Just before I spoke her she received the news the tumor was not malicious, and life was smiling at her again.
She was so grateful for the article I made for her, and that lead me to the next conclusion; you can do whatever you want, but when you can make someone happy with it, it's meaningful.
If you're interested you can read the article over here: http://wakenco.com/wakharkema-iv-maak-een-verschil/
( it's all Dutch by the way )
More info: wakenco.com
Little Seye with his grandmother.
