Gedalya Y. Krycer

Sho t a t Pre s ton Pho tog raphy ’ s s t ud i o

t ha t had eve r y toy a pho tog raphe r could

d ream of . I t wa s an amaz ing expe r in ce .

I w ill a lway s remembe r t hi s p i c t u re fo r a ll t ime . The s to r y behind i t i s n ’ t

ve r y in t e re s t ing to mo s t . J u s t a wa lk a round campu s and spo t t ing t hi s be e

on a f l owe r . No t hing to comp li ca t ed abou t t ha t . To me t hough t hi s pho to

mean s a l o t becau se I a lway s wan ted to cap t u re a be e in ac t i o n . Sin ce I

wa s young t hi s ha s be en a goa l of mine . So to f ina ll y l o ok back and se e t ha t

I have f ina ll y accomp li s hed i t g i ve s me a ce r ta in mea su re of s a t i s fac t i o n .

The day was ho t I remembe r and oh so s u nny . I j u s t moved to La s Vega s f rom

Da ll a s . I wa s conf u sed abou t whe re my l i fe was go ing and I ne eded to re l a x .

I u npacked my dea r came ra and wen t to exp l o re . In t he back ya rd I no t i ced t ha t

t he re we re t he se rea ll y sma ll pa lm t re e s . The s un was bea t ing down , bu t a l s o

Shined t h rough t he fe r n s of t he pa lm t re e s , i l lumina t ing t hem ra t he r ep i c l y . I had a

b l a s t s ho o t ing t he fe r n and I w ill a lway s remembe r t hi s a s my f i s t Vega s pho to - s ho o t .

The day f ina ll y came ! I have be en wa i t ing fo r today fo r a ve r y l o ng t ime . Se e t hi s wa s

t he day t ha t my f irs t I re ce i ved my f irs t SLR Camera . The FedEx guy rang t he be ll and

I couldn ’ t s i g n fo r i t fa s t enough . I opened t he box and exc i t ed l y cha rged t he ba t t e r -

i e s . When i t wa s f ina ll y wa s ready to go I p roud l y wa lked ou t s ide w i t h t he new came ra

a round my neck . I d idn ’ t k now wha t to s ho o t f irs t . I to ok p i c t u re s of t he t re e ’ s , g ra s s and

s ky . Then I hea rd a chir p ing and t u r ned a round to s e e t hi s l i t t l e bird ca ll ing my name . I

s n uck up ve r y qui et l y and s napped a qui ck p i c t u re befo re i t to ok off . I w ill neve r fo rget i t .