Kathryn Palumbo

I don’t really know how my camera works. I am learning as I go. For years I promised myself that I would take a proper photography course, but with having a family (married with two young kids and two dogs – now one dog), I just never got around to it.

Instead of waiting for the perfect schedule, I decided that I would simply pick my camera up (a gift from my Dad – a Nikon D7000) and play. And I am so glad that I did, because I have had the opportunity to find and preserve the beauty around me.

It amazes me when I reflect on all these moments that I would have otherwise missed had I kept waiting.

Part of the magic that I see through the lens is in preserving the fleeting moments of time – I have found the elusive pause button. And the personal joy that comes from waiting and anticipating on those moments; capturing the ‘look-in-your-eye’ and the untouchable emotions that are but a blip in time. I get to hold them.