This is a story about a man (Zach Ferretti) discovering a love for photography, and it brought him closer to nature because of it.
Early Years
It all began when I first got my hands on a smartphone. I heard about a cool new app which was only three years old – Instagram. After setting up my account, it wasn’t until 2014 that I shared the first image that you could call a landscape photograph.
As time went on, I began taking more and more photographs showcasing the nature around me. I’ll admit at first it was out of a place of vanity – I valued sharing my work and posting on social media more than I did the time I was getting to be in nature.
A Necessary Shift
All of this changed on a sunrise photo shoot in August 2017. I drove down to Cape Cod to photograph the sunrise. This was the first Sunrise I recall going on for photography. As the sky turned pink, the excitement overwhelmed me. A wave of joy overcame me seeing the beautiful pastel tones of the sunrise captured on my camera.
The long-exposure images I was taken were so different than anything I’d shot before and it was exhilarating. I’m thankful that I went on that photo shoot. It really opened my eyes to how fulfilling photography could be.
From there, the pursuit and passion never stopped growing. As I grew older I realized how valuable the escape to nature was. It became my privilege to share the beauty of the world around me and document it.
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