When you hear, “That’s a great photo,” what comes to mind? A photo that was beautifully taken? One that strikes you as cool? One with flair?
Let me share with you an anecdote involving a little girl.
A girl wearing Coke-bottle glasses and braces on her teeth generally wouldn’t be called “cute” or “beautiful” in flattery. But this girl’s eyes were always twinkling, and she never failed to have a smile. Hence, she was quite adorable. One day, this girl showed me a photo on a sideboard. It was a portrait of a very beautiful young woman.
“This is a photo of my great-grandmother,” she told me. “When I grow up, I’ll be as beautiful as her,” she said with great joy.
This photograph taken 50 years ago had instilled in her a positive outlook on her life to come. Good photos, I would tell you, have this power to shape and create hope for the future.