Capturing my life
A moment captured by my dad
When I was younger my dad used to love taking pictures of us he would always rush to take pictures. One time I remember we went to the Mgarr feast and there was this white horse as he told me ‘go next to the horse’ I was honestly annoyed and a bit embarrassed, I was around 9 years old so at that point I would get embarrassed just by my parents talking let alone taking pictures of me, that time I just complied but at times I would complain and end up glaring at him as he took a picture. Turns out I have a few pictures glaring at the camera.
A few years ago I decided to purchase a camera it was my first big girl purchase and I absolutely love it, I made vlogs with it, took some very nice pictures and of course family videos. Lately I realised that I haven’t picked up my camera for a while and honestly that makes me so sad because I don’t know why I lost that part of myself. Well that’s a lie. I know why. I used to take videos compile them together and them either post them on Instagram or Youtube but I was so in my head about what other people might say if they saw it, that I lost that part of me because I pulled the joy out of it.
It’s not just about capturing the moment whilst I’m doing something like a party or a family event but it’s also capturing small moments, my day to day life. Throughout my life I learned that a moment is not felt twice, even if its the same exact moment its not felt the same twice and that got me to want to capture more and more moments of my life, a simple evening walk, shopping trips and so much simple daily thing.
Each time I took a video or a photo I would always say, ‘I would show this to my kids someday’ because I’ve always heard stories from my parents when I was young but imagine if I could see those moments that my parents lived. I’m documenting my life for my children and for myself when I’m older, there will defiantly be moments that I would forget but if I can capture it and document it I could have atleast a part of that moment.
Ree
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