{"id":746,"date":"2016-11-05T12:18:10","date_gmt":"2016-11-05T12:18:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.zogue.com\/blog\/?p=746"},"modified":"2016-11-13T23:36:23","modified_gmt":"2016-11-13T23:36:23","slug":"take-care-of-the-image-and-let-the-image-take-care-of-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zogue.com\/blog\/2016\/take-care-of-the-image-and-let-the-image-take-care-of-you\/","title":{"rendered":"Take care of the image, and let the image take care of you"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><a title=\"Bottles on window at sunset\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/jamesdavies\/124404732\/in\/photostream\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c1.staticflickr.com\/1\/44\/124404732_001eff3c41_z.jpg?zz=1\" alt=\"Bottles on window at sunset\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" \/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/center>There is a theraputic exchange in photography that is tied to the language we use to describe the act.<\/p>\n<p>When we &#8220;take&#8221; the picture, the picture in exchange &#8220;gives&#8221; something to us. For example memories, inspiration, confidence or just enjoyment.<\/p>\n<p>For a long time this was meaningless to me, but now that a period of contentment reflects the extent of the darkness that I passed through to get here, it reminds me that pulling out a camera was often a way of getting through a day.<\/p>\n<p>A chance to stop and do something for me, to stop and think, to stop and look at something and try and use that moment to make sense of something else.<\/p>\n<p>Once the pictures arrived back (whether instantly or with the delay of developing) I had a chance to reflect on each moment. Moreoften than not I felt better about the days when viewed via the camera than I might have done if I had just let them slip by. Sometimes it was proof that I survived (which sounds melodramatic just dropped in like that, but one day I might be able to tell the story which will explain more).<\/p>\n<p>So, take a picture and see what it gives back.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There is a theraputic exchange in photography that is tied to the language we use to describe the act. When we &#8220;take&#8221; the picture, the picture in exchange &#8220;gives&#8221; something to us. For example memories, inspiration, confidence or just enjoyment. 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