How Capturing Your Present Can Inspire Your Future

  Photography is an art that can change the way you think and the way you see this world. The pictures that you capture are not merely pictures; they are moments that have been frozen in time. They remind us every time we look at the pictures what it was like in that very moment and we relive the past. While pictures are mostly associated with the past, they have an equal association with the future.  The present that you are capturing with your lens can have a dramatic effect on your future. Pictures, paintings, and art, in general, have inspired generations after generations to do great things. When you go somewhere in person to capture that particular moment, you bring it back with you. In a way, that inspiration then exists with you. 

Photography Inspires Us To Travel More 

When you see pictures of beautiful places on this planet, it immediately inspires you to see them and experience them in person. You want to travel more, learn more, and absorb more. This opens up new horizons for you and your thought process changes. You are more accepting of new ideas and cultures, and you improve as a person. And how does it all begin? With just a picture! Pictures have that power in them to send us to places far and wide. You are, in a way, competing with yourself.  Today, there are so many countries whose citizens cannot travel freely. All the restrictions and bureaucracy of traveling abroad hinders them. For many of them, it is a plain struggle that they have to endure if they want to see some foreign country. Many photographers from such countries still manage to travel. They save every penny they can and reach the place they want to capture. It is all because of their passion to capture those beautiful places.  

Make The World A Better Place 

Pictures are great at showing reality too. Alfred Stieglitz says, “In photography, there is a reality so subtle that it becomes more real than reality.” Photographers ever since the invention of the camera have helped capture the present reality and bring it to the common eye. They have captured death, destruction, famines, helplessness, and that is wrong with the world. These pictures are so realistic and haunting that you cannot escape them even if you are thousands of miles away from reality.  The last few years could not have been more accurate about this notion. The war in Syria, the war in Yemen, and the migrant crisis in Europe, all came in front of the world through pictures. The images published in some of the most reputed magazines brought the plight of the war and the people embroiled in it to the front pages. For those sitting at home in their comfy couches, it was a wakeup call.  Capturing the horrific realities of the present can help prevent the world from making the same mistakes twice. With the reality staring at us from the pictures, it is hard to look the other way. Someone with even a grain of consciousness would want to do something about it. That is how a picture pushes people towards change and making the world a better place for all to live.  

Communication With The Future Generations 

Before the camera was invented, we used to see the past through paintings. With pictures, whatever that has been captured becomes more objective and real than ever. We can see our past and get a look of what it was like. This is exactly what will happen with the pictures taken today. Future generations will look at it and know how our present is. It can be educational, reforming, and emotional, all at the same time.  It can be described as a communication tool between the past and future where the future has a lot to gain and the past a lot to give. Future generations can learn from the mistakes of their fathers and move on to do things in a better way. Photographs are not merely photographs but a record of history.  Museums today feature pictures from all the eras of modern past and what life was like, what wars were fought, and what battles were lost. People who visit are reminded that small mistakes can lead to bigger losses. They are reminded of the simplicities of life before the advent of technology. Each picture has a lesson to give. It is past but what it really does is create a map for the future as to how to make it better.  

Are you ready to be inspired?

 You do not have to be a professional photographer to capture the present moments in your lens. Even the pictures we take randomly with our phones can sometimes become so much important to us. It is important to have something to inspire you and push you to strive harder. At the end of the day, all we really need is a kick to outdo ourselves and become a better version of oneself. Cameras today are so cheap anyone can afford them. Even phone cameras have improved significantly in quality. With coupons and special promotions,  you can get your hands on any decent quality camera. When it is that cheap, anyone can take pictures regardless of who they are, where they are an and what they want to achieve in life. The point is to keep capturing important moments in the present to keep oneself inspired.