At North Central, a few dedicated individuals live their life behind the lens of a camera, capturing the highlights of other people’s achievements. They spend hours at events shooting photos and later editing them to satisfy others, often without anyone noticing their story or how they fell in love with their life through a lens.
Junior Jayden Williams got interested in photography at a very young age.
“I became interested in 5th grade because the idea of capturing moments to save and look at with meaning behind it was very appealing to me,” Williams said.
Williams became inspired by movie scenes that exhibit interesting camera work.
“I find inspiration by seeing other good videos and photographers post and testing different styles,” Williams said.
In photography, there are many different types and styles and many different things to photograph.
“My favorite style is sports photography, more specifically football for photos and basketball for video’s,” Williams said.
Williams believes there are certain qualities that can make a photo stand out and have good quality.
“The qualities of a good photo is one that can bring any message or emotion to the viewer no matter what it is but skill and luck especially create a good picture,” Williams said.
Many people can look at all types of art and the person behind it and feel like it is very cliche’. Not Williams, he likes to try to be different than everyone else.
“I think that I am different from most because they’re not just action or standing but they’re more intentional as they bring out emotion and personality instead of just documenting it,” Williams said.
Everyone sees the great photos but never really notices how hard it is to be a photographer.
“Non photographers don’t realize that it’s way harder than what it seems. It’s easy to be ok but it’s hard to be good,” Williams said.
To make it a little easier for himself Williams finds ways to challenge himself and motivate himself to become a better photographer.
“Going out to new environments and putting myself out there is challenging but also motivating because it pays off and experimenting new things is also challenging but it helps expand my skill,” Williams said.
Williams is unsure if he wants to go to school or pursue a career in photography but one thing he is positive about is that he wants to keep it as a hobby.
“I’m not sure if I want to continue with it in the future for a career but probably as a hobby,” Williams said.
Williams knows that you can’t just start at the top, you have to work your way up. His message for other photographers is to have fun.
“Just know that it’s a learning process and no one starts at the top. Just go out and have fun. Take it as a fun hobby rather than a job. Meet new people and make friends because that will take you way further than just skill,” Williams said.
