Photography is a roller coaster. One minute you are cold, frustrated and questioning why you bothered. The next, the cloud breaks, the light explodes across the landscape and you feel completely alive. That swing between the challenges and transcendent moments is not a flaw in the process. It is part of what makes it meaningful.
There is joy in the effort. In getting up early. In going back out after a failed attempt. In standing in wild conditions and feeling small against something more powerful. There is meaning in collaborating with friends, sharing the journey, laughing at the chaos and celebrating the wins together.
Photography can fulfil you because it asks something of you. It sharpens your awareness. It teaches patience. It encourages resilience. It gives you a way to explore your own emotions, tell a story and convey a feeling that words often cannot.
Not every photo will be a banger a banger. But when you allow photography to be more than the end result, so instead it serves as a source of creativity, wellbeing and connection; it becomes something far richer than a hobby. It becomes part of who you are.
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