what inspires you? - cara

mission: MUSE - "what inspires you?"

by guest muse cara

MOMENTS

If I had to pick one word to describe what inspires me it would be moments. Those moments that go by so fast that you can’t get back…unless, you take a picture. I love to look back at a picture and remember what was going on, how I felt and why I took the photo.




I remember that it was snowing our second round of 20 inches and the power was out. We had heat from the fireplace and light from the kitchen doors. We played cars in the living room near the heat and never changed out of our pajamas. Seeing him intently playing with the sun behind him made me run for the camera.



I will never forget the time I took Nicolo to the doctors and he refused to get off the floor. The doctor was kind enough to actually get down on the floor and examine him there.

The first time I captured the smile on my son’s face I was hooked. I then tried to take as many pictures of that beautiful face as I could. It took a while for me to realize that your subject doesn’t always have to be looking at the camera or be their face for that matter to be a portrait. Some of my favorite photos don’t show the subjects face at all.

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We were in Yosemite National park and here it was okay for them to pick up rock and throw them in the water. I remember how Nicolo could have stayed and threw rocks for hours if we would have let him.



I remember picking the boys up from school and having a snack at the picnic table, I like how even though you can’t see their faces you know they are brothers.

I am also inspired by moments in nature; I fell compelled to capture them. The early morning dawn is one of my favorite times of the day and the hardest for me to get the chance to capture. When I do I am never disappointed and never forget the moment.



These webs only look like this at dawn when the dew has not yet burned off, I had to put on boots to walk in knee high grass to capture this, but totally worth it.



The light in the picture lifts my spirit every time I look at it and I remember stopping on my way to work, with the kids, to capture it. Best reason in my book to be late.

So I will continue to capture the moments as I see them and cherish the memories they will bring.

~ Cara of I Miei Due Bambini

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"what inspires you?" is the the second mission of mission: MUSE series.
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