Engineer by profession designer by heart
You can say I am an engineer by profession but a designer by passion. My heart is in the arts—photography and graphics. I love the way tiny pixels comes together to make a thing of beauty. Photoshoping is all the little tweaking you do to bring out the masterpiece in any picture. I can’t stand terrible pictures. Whenever I see one, I just have the urge to touch it up. Sight is the primary sense so you must always strive to please your eyes. Photography helps in feeding this hunger.
The engineer is stuck in a world where he has to solve problems carelessly but operate within a given set of laws, whereas photography is careful but lawless. This is why I love photography; it encourages creativity and manipulation, and the photographer’s world is one where he creates something new. The world is his canvas. You can’t be stagnant in photography: there is inspiration in every mood—joyous or gloomy, you are still inspired and you create something worth at least more than a passing glance. Rarely do you do something novel in engineering. You are always building on someone else’s dream. All we do in engineering is fix stuff. Let’s be honest with ourselves, if nothing is spoilt, we as engineers become stagnant. We would have to spoil it so as to fix it. Money-wise, most artists are poor because they lie to themselves that the love and passion for art is the only driving force required to be a success. When I create, I attach monetary value to my works. I am not going to be one of those poor artist. Am I mad? Sell it for money not for love.
Check out my photo editing skills on Instagram@ mr.avid
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