Telling A Story Through A Photograph

I wanted to try something new. It wasn't anything spontaneous like sky diving, but it was something to get me out of the house for one day out of the week. I signed up for Photography courses at the nearest community college. Uncredited courses that is. I bought myself a fancy camera and all. A Nikon D3000. Which might I add is an amazing camera. The day I walked into class, the instructor was helping us on  "getting to know our instrument." Which I did. But prior to "getting to know my camera," little did I know that a camera even had a manual function. As the class laughed at me, I thought to myself, "this is what I am here for right?"
A few months of taking the uncredited courses, I have learned that it is not just the art of capturing amazing photographs. It is also about learning to be technical as well. Which, I have accomplished both. Surprisingly, I have learned in just a few months on how to take magnificent photographs in the manual mode. I have learned that I am more detailed than what I thought to be and that anyone can capture better quality photos using the manual mode vs. the automatic mode. Since I have mastered the art of using my camera in the manual mode, I haven't bothered using my Nikon in automatic mode. I was very pleased with going to that course for photography. I even sold my first photo to a student in class! The picture added to my post was from a field trip to Vizcaya. A very popular and historic house and garden in Coral Gables Miami, Fl. This is where many photographers go for Quince photo shoots, Weddings, Sweet Sixteens, Modeling photo shoots and more. One request that my instructor gave us on this field trip was to take a picture of Vizcaya, but to show Vizcaya in a way that he has never seen before. With the fact that he has been to Vizcaya many many times, I tried to imagine something other than just the ordinary post card view of our trip. One thing that I will remember from taking the courses is, taking a picture is not to just point and shoot. A photograph is meant to tell a story. And with that little advice, before I click the snap button, I really think of what my picture is going to tell me. Does your photographs tell a story? Comment to this post if you'd like to share your story through your photograph.