My photography teacher told me once that, for the photographers, the best zoom is the legs. There is no lens, as powerful as they might be, that make pictures as perfect at distance, so he says. That the photo gets increasingly better the closer we are to the subject we want to photograph. There is no technology to beat this, as good as it may be.
The same goes for our relationships with the world and with people. We should be near them as much as possible. Close to whom we love, to our friends, and to others, in general. There is nothing like a close relationship, being able to help while looking at the person's eyes, to touch who we love, strengthening the feelings they already know we have towards them. To look closely, to look in the eyes, seeing the expressions, the fears or certainties revealed in each gesture, in every sight, shown in every expression, for how tiny they may be.
And to strengthen ties, as this is never too much. Being close, being together reveals a dimension hidden in the distance. To grow complicity and intimacy.
As in photography, zooming is just a trick, an alternative when you cannot get any closer.
The risk of blurring gets increased.
Let's try to be closer to the ones we love more often.
The result is a perfect shot!
Isabel
www.isabelnolasco.com
Photos: Jaco sacred island, East Timor.
Taken with my Canon EOS 5D MKIII.
Have a great end of the week, my friends!
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