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Photography Helped Me Battle Post-Divorce Depression, Here Are 28 Pictures Of My Kids
When my daughter was born, I had to move to Misawa AB in Japan, which is really far away from my family. I was OK being away from my family, but Misawa has lots of snow in winter, which makes me feel depressed. All I enjoyed was taking pictures of my baby with my cell phone since I was stuck in a house with her due to snow almost every day.
Maybe my ex-husband was worried about me then, so he bought me a digital camera as a Christmas present. He said I need to have some hobby. Since then I started to practice photography by myself. I wasn't serious at first, but when I saw some child fine artist's work on FB, they inspired me a lot.
I was a stay-at-home mom so didn't have money to use for my hobby. So I decided to learn Photoshop by myself at first. What I did was watch YouTube and learn new things every day for a year. Also, I started posting my work on some photography groups on FB, which chose 10 images for a photo of the day.
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This looks like a painting by one of the Old Masters. Stunning!
It was hard though. I got lots of comments like "Your image sucks" or even just "LOL." Of course, it made me sad but it also made me think that I will be better than you one day! Since then, my dream has been to get an award in an international photography competition and to make a photo album for my daughter to give on her wedding day. Life was good in that I could take lots of photos and memories with my daughter and I could improve myself day by day too. 6 years later I got pregnant again and had a baby boy. Of course, I started to take photos of him too. I also started to work as a photographer on a military base. I enjoyed it a lot but then my life changed suddenly.
I got divorced back in 2020, which was a really hard time. Back then COVID was around and I had to sell my camera and all my gear to make money to rent an apartment for me and my kids in my hometown. I cried so hard that I had to give up my dream. I still remember the day I sold my camera etc. I cried all night. I was lost and depressed for a while. But when I was cleaning up my photography album, it made me want to take up photography again for my kids. So I bought a camera and a lens with a loan. I even decided to start a photography job in my hometown too and tried but things didn't work well. Due to COVID-19 and since I didn't have money for marketing etc., I couldn't get many customers.
I had to give up again. Now I am working at my sister's company, which isn't a photography job, to live. To work to only make money to live keeps me away from photography now. Since I am busy with work and taking care of kids, it's hard to even think about what kind of image I want to take. I hope that my passion for photography will be back one day...
I will post some old work to keep it as a memory.
I created this image right after I got divorced. My daughter was sad about it back then. But trying not to show her sadness to me. I wanted to tell her that it's OK to be sad and cry. Also, this photo was taken in a small bedroom with my black wide pants and her school uniform. I just cut both clothes and put them on her head. I didn't sew, lol. The flowers are also fake and from a dollar store.
Great job teaching yourself Photoshop. This is amazing.
Great job making this look like a painting. Keep up those Photoshop skills!
Your pictures are beautiful, and your subjects are very photogenic. Please find time to continue with your photography. You are very talented.
I am so impressed with your imagination, subject matter, and the fact that you taught yourself how to do this. Please make time to keep doing this because art is important and when you are not sharing your gift with the world, we are losing out.
These photos are art. The compositions, dramatic use of color and texture is exceptional. The children are beautiful and extremely photogenic. People would pay you good money for these talents. I'd love to have you take photos of my people.
Stunning pictures and keep up the photography but maybe don’t post pics of your little kids all over the internet way too many perverts out there !
I am so impressed with your imagination, subject matter, and the fact that you taught yourself how to do this. Please make time to keep doing this because art is important and when you are not sharing your gift with the world, we are losing out.
These photos are art. The compositions, dramatic use of color and texture is exceptional. The children are beautiful and extremely photogenic. People would pay you good money for these talents. I'd love to have you take photos of my people.
Stunning pictures and keep up the photography but maybe don’t post pics of your little kids all over the internet way too many perverts out there !