simply, BE.

my designer/photographer friend who is abroad right now, posed this question last week:"went to a pretty cool Andalucian horse show tonight. as I observed about 25-30% of the crowd watching the show through their camera phones something occurred to me. does anyone ever just enjoy the moment anymore or do they just record everything and hope to enjoy it later? (true, that I was recording it too. however, that is the reason I went.)"her question has stuck with me all week.true, there are MANY reasons why one brings a camera to an event...they want to remember it, the want to share it, they want to experience it again at a later date.but for me, even though my profession of choice is to BE a photographer,I'm finding that it is good for my well-being to choose moments to simple BE in the moment.to not think about sharing...but to simply experience life and moments for myself.as I was coming home from shooting a wedding this weekend, I was absolutely amazed by the dramatic sunset by my gate.it was the first thing I saw as I headed down to gate B15 at the DIA airport.as I walked towards the large windows overlooking the mountains I looked around.other than about three people, most were buried in their smart phones playing the latest game, or reading a book.out of the three, two of them had their smart phones out taking a picture of the slow sunset...I would soon be joining them. ;)BUT.there was one man standing in front of the large window.no camera.no smart phone.not even talking to anyone exclaiming the beauty of the moment.he was simply standing still and enjoying the moment.I arrived at the end of the terminal on the opposite side of him, took this photograph and then proceeded to sit by my gate,still aware that he was simply standing and watching the sunset.and what a sunset it was!after I took this photograph, I went back to my seat and watched who went over to the window.happily, more people arrived at the terminal and took notice and went to marvel at the sunset.and that man?he still stood there, just watching...no camera, no distractions...thirty minutes passed, and he simply stood there...enjoying the moment.and you want to know the funny thing?my favorite photograph that I took of that sunset wasn't the one above, although I do love it...it was of him. (yes, I am creepy and take picture's of people I don't know.) ;)reminding me to enjoy the moments...to enjoy the moment into minutes...and simply BE. :)