Silent Lens-Unveiling The Unseen

 Hi, I'm Sydney, or Silent Lens!

I've had a strong love for photography ever since I was 9. I'd search "Beautiful Waterfalls" or "Beautiful Forests" on Google and Bing (rip) and look at the results for hours on end. I still do, sometimes. 

My cousin and cousin-in-law gave me my first film camera as a High School graduation present-a Pentax K1000.

The film has rot for years, but around a year and a half after I received such a wonderful gift, I bought my first digital camera from my good friend for $350: A Nikon D3300 with the 18-55mm and 55-200mm kit lenses, a fisheye lens, spare batteries and an external Nikon Flash.

So I shot nature. 

"G R E A T! ๐Ÿ˜ƒ Move on, kid. ๐Ÿ™„ This is every other ameture photographer ever". 

While I still love shooting nature photos, I'm going to be making photos that display surreal scenes here; things not possible without photo editing. 

I have a recently-found draw to art expressing strong emotions. Yes, usually they're negative emotions, and that's usually because someone has experienced pain. That hurts me. This isn't to make light of them or mock them, but rather to focus on displaying the art form of showing strong emotions through surreal imagery. And hey, I want to express happy emotions, too :)

So welcome! I'm here to make the reality unseen (or just not possible with just one person [me] alone) into an art form. 

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  1. LittleFishApril 3, 2025 at 6:57 AM

    I read a study about two groups of photography students: one was told to only take the single best photo possible, the other group was told to take as many photos as possible. The ones that took as many photos as possible showed the most improvement in their craft since each shot was a chance to learn something, and they weren't overthinking things. I think about that study a lot, that instead of hesitating and waiting to do something, just jump in and do it and usually things wind up better. It is apparent in photography but also in other stuff (Not dancing because you feel self conscious, holding back from doing something fun but could possibly be embarrassing, etc.). Good for you! Keep it up!

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    1. ใƒ•ใƒญใ‚นใƒ†ใ‚ฃApril 3, 2025 at 11:18 AM

      I can dance, I just may not do it well ๐Ÿ—ฟ

      And that's so true; the more photos I take, the more I'm able to close the creative gap. I'm a perfectionist as well, so being able to see myself improve by "failure" has been a huge help. I'll continue, for sure! :)

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