Uhambo lokuba ngumfoti oqeqeshiweyo

NguGail Bunning ka UGail Anne Photography

Ukuba ngumfoti oqeqeshiweyo yenye yezona ndlela zinzima, zinzima kwaye zinomvuzo ebomini bam. Ndihlala ndisazi ukuba ndifuna ukuthatha iifoto. Njengomntwana bendinomdla wokusebenza nefilimu kunye nale bhokisi incinci isebenza. Uyibone njani imifanekiso eyahlukileyo emva koko iliso lam kodwa ngakumbi njengentliziyo yam.

I blossom into "umfoti" njengomntu omdala nyani. Ndingatsho ukuba kwakukuhle xa kuzalwa umntwana wam wokuqala. Ikhamera engabizi kakhulu enikwe umyeni wam kwaye ndisebenze ngeyona njongo inkulu njengoko bendifota ngesigidi kunye nefoto enye yesi sidalwa sincinci siyenzileyo. Ndiqale ngefoto yomndilili ophakathi kwaye ndahamba kancinci ndisiya kwilaphu kwigumbi lam lokuhlala. Yonke into eyonakeleyo ngelo xesha, ndiyayixabisa le mifanekiso ngokungathi umfoti oyincutshe nokwaziyo wayithatha.

Ndigcine imali, ndacanda amakhuphoni, ndaya naye ku-Olan Mills kunye noJCPenney, ngethemba lolo dumo luhle kwaye luhle ngoncumo lwakhe oluhle kwaye xa umntakwabo eza, ndaphinda ndaqala phantsi kuphela ngeli xesha ndiye ndaqonda ukuba akukho mntu unokwazi Ndibabambe ngendlela endinokwazi ngayo kwaye le nto iyenze yaqala, olu hambo lokufota.

Ndithenge ikhamera yam yokuqala ye-DSLR nge-500.00 endiyenzileyo ukuyila icawe esisigidi seekhilomitha. Ndadibana nendoda eyayiphethe ibhegi ye-canvas kwivenkile yekofu ekumgama wesiqingatha seyure. Ndaye ndayibamba ngesandla le khamera kwaye ndayazi nje ukuba olu lubizo lwam. I-500.00 indivulele eli lizwe likhulu, litsha.

Ndafunda ndaza ndafunda. Ndijoyine ibhodi yokufota. Ndagqiba kwelokuba ndiqhubeke. Kugqityiwe. Igama elihlekisayo. Andizange ndikulungele ukuhlawulisa nabani na ngayo nantoni na kodwa ndandisazi nje ukuba ndifuna ukukhupha ezi foto. Ndifuna ukwabelana kunye ne-snap. Ndandinemincili kakhulu. Ndingumfoti.

Ndiyiphucule le khamera ngonyaka okanye kamva. Kwinto engaphezulu kwengcali. "Ndidubule" iintsapho kunye neentsana kunye nokuzalwa. Ukuvavanya ifoto nganye, ukuhlela, ukufunda, ukufunxa. Kwiminyaka embalwa kamva, enye ikhamera, iglasi engaphezulu, iiklasi ezininzi, amanyathelo amaninzi kunye nokunye malunga neshishini. Kodwa into endiyilibeleyo kukuba, ukuba ngumfoti akuthethi ukuba udubula ngemali. Awuyi kuba ngumfoti wezithombe ukwenza isigidi seedola, uba ngumfoti oza kubamba amaxesha ngexesha. Ingeniso yinto yokufumana umsebenzi.

Ngelixa ndandibamba wonke umntu. Isiganeko ngasinye, uncumo ngalunye, usana ngalunye olusandul 'ukuzalwa, ndiphose iifoto zeenkumbulo zam. Ukuhlala ndizikhathaza ngokukhanya kunye nentengiso, bendilibele ukuba kutheni ndiqale le hambo. Ukuthimba ubomi bam. Amahla ndinyuka alo. Ndichitha ixesha elininzi ndisiya ngophawu, unyaka uphela udlulile kwaye konke endinako yimizobo, iifoto ezigqibeleleyo hayi ezantsi nabantwana abangcolileyo eludakeni. Owam mdala ulishumi kwaye andiqinisekanga ukuba kukho iifoto ezilishumi zakhe kunye nam sihlangene. Bendixakeke kakhulu ndizixakekisa ngefoto efanelekileyo ukuba ndilibale ukuhambisa ikhamera ngaphezulu kwaye ndibambe amaxesha kunye nam kubo.

Ndilahlekile ekufotheni.

Ngoku ndizama ukukhumbula ukubamba iintloko zebhedi, uncumo kunye neenyembezi kwaye ngelixa kusekho ulingo lwasemva kunye nokukhanya, ndithatha iifoto zazo kwilanga elipheleleyo kwaye ndishiya abagqibeleleyo kubathengi bam. Kulungile, ayiyonyani yonke loo nto, ngamanye amaxesha bafumana ukungafezeki kuba ndifuna ukuba bakhumbule iintsapho zabo ngokungathi ndiyazikhumbula ezam, zingagqibekanga ngokugqibeleleyo, zijolise ngokweemvakalelo… usapho, olulula nolulula. Kukho ixesha kunye nendawo yendawo efanelekileyo kodwa ndiyakukhuthaza ukuba ukhumbule ukuthatha imifanekiso kwaye ungayifaki imifanekiso. Babaluleke ngokufanayo. Yimifanekiso ebalisa amabali obomi bethu. Xa abantwana bakho bekhulile kwaye befuduka kwaye ukubonakala kweqabane lakho kuphelile, uya kufuna ukujonga emva uze ubone oko kwakunjalo ngaphambili. Iifoto zithimba iinkumbulo iintloko zethu ezingenakho ukubambelela kuzo kodwa iintliziyo zam zilangazelela. Khumbula ukuthatha imifanekiso, nokuba abafezekanga ngoku, ngenye imini bayakuba njalo.

Esi sithuba sabhalwa nguGail Bunning ka UGail Anne Photography. UGail ngumama kwisithathu kunye nesinye ibhegag. Uthotyiwe kwaye utshintsha iinwele zakhe kakhulu. Uyawuthanda umsebenzi wakhe, kakhulu. Uyabathanda abantu, kwaye uyakuthanda nokubukela iintsapho zikhula. UGail unomlutha wobugcisa obuncinci kwaye unakho okanye angabinakho ukuba likhoboka likaFacebook. Ukufota kumenza onwabe, ngumlilo wakhe.