Keep the Moment, Create the Story

KEEP THE MOMENT CREATE THE STORY

Jesslyn Ariesta Johan

K E E P T H E M OM E NT CR E AT E T HE S TO RY J e s s lyn Arie sta J o h an

TABLE of

CONTENT

What

1

DRAWING WITH LIGHT

When

9

IT CAME ON THE RIGHT TIME

Why

15

THERE IS NO UGLY, JUST BEAUTIFUL AND ARTISTIC

Who

21

WE NEED SUPPORTERS AND INSPIRATIONS

Where

29

BIRDS WILL ALWAYS FLY BACK TO THEIR NESTS

How

33

I AM ON MY WAY REACHING MY DREAM JOB

DRAWING WITH LIGHT

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verybody has a dream, or atleast ambition to get something. As a young generation, I have a dream job to be a photographer. Photographer in the Greek

φ ς (phos), meaning “light”, and γραφή (graphê), meaning “drawing and writing”, together meaning “drawing with light”. Photographer is a person who takes photographs.

A professional photographer uses photography to earn money, whereas amateur photographers take photographs for pleasure and to record an event, emotion, place, or person.

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There are so many kinds of photography.

Each type has its own uniqueness and challenges. There is no absolute rule to capture all types of photography, because photography will always evolve. As a beginner, I think I should try all types of photography. I have tried some of them, such as flora, fauna,

high

speed,

low

speed,

exterior, human expression, model, still life, landscape, moon, framing, sillhouette, and light painting.

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To know what type of photography that we are interested in, we should try all of it, but until now I am interested in

landscape, high and low speed, still life, fauna and

flora more than other types. Now I am a kind of amateur photographer, I wish one day I could be a professional photographer and be proud of myself because when people are willing to spend money to buy our artwork, it will prove our quality.

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IT CAME ON THE RIGHT TIME

Q

uestion

that

people

will

wants it, so did I. Then i asked my

ask on the first meeting is,

parents to buy me one. We bought a

“since when did you start

pink Sony pocket camera at Fujifilm.

taking picture and being serious in

Since then i took a lot of photos with

photography?“ I always said since

that camera.

high school. But that is not the real beginning. This is the story, when I

In 2009, I moved to Jakarta to

was 10 years old, pocket camera was

continue my study. I had chance to

suddenly became popular, everyone

join two extracurricular trial class

1st | Sony (2004) 11 | When | Dream Job | JAJ

2nd | Canon 1000 D (2009)

3rd | Canon 7 D (2011)

on the first two weeks, my options

God has plan in the right place and in

were photography and arts. On the

the right time.

third week, I had to choose one.

Photography was my priority but the

I can prove that from what happen to

teacher, Mr. Philip, required us to have

me. On the second week, suddenly

a DSLR camera, not the pocket one.

my uncle, which live in Banjarmasin,

I was like, “how can I get that DSLR

asked me, “do you have a wishlist?

camera? That is quite expensive” in

I want to buy you something as a

my mind.

farewell gift. Maybe like laptop that

4th | Polaroid Mini 25s (2012)

5th | Polaroid Wide 210 (2012)

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can support your study in Jakarta.� In

like a baby because i can join

that time I already had a laptop, I need

photography class!

a DSLR camera! I searched on the internet how much a DSLR camera

Some of my friends felt bored in that

was. DSLR camera was cheaper

class, but I was enjoying the class

than a laptop and my uncle agreed

because I appreciate the chance that

because he knew my reason. He

God gave me. On 2011, my parents

sent me a Canon 1000D, my first

gave me Canon 7D as a birthday

DSLR camera. I treated the camera

gift because they saw my passion

7th | Double Lense (2013) 13 | When | Dream Job | JAJ

7th | La Sardina 8 (2013)

in

photography.

They

supported

me slowly. I felt guilty to asked my parents to buy me photography tools.

These tools make me work harder to show my seriousness in this industry.

Just like an ordinary human, I was never satisfied. I have a new goal, I want to collect all kind of cameras and i will display them all in my own house. Currently I have 2 DSLR cameras, a pocket camera, a lomo camera, and polaroid camera. Three years in photography class was an unforgettable experience in my life. I thank God for all things that happen in a perfect way.

Maybe like this...

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THERE IS NO UGLY, JUST BEAUTIFUL OR ARTISTIC

I

believe that everybody has a reason for something they do. The first time I joined photography extracurricular, the teacher, Mr. Philip Andreas asked me, “why do you

want to join this class and give me a good reason why I have to accept you in my class.“ In that time I didn’t have a good reason while my friends answered that question confidently. Thank God Mr. Philip gave me a chance to join his class. After three years in photography industry, I know why I love photography.

First, there is no ugly or poor photograph. We can capture everything we want, whether beautiful or ugly

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objects. When we capture a beautiful

Second, we can enjoy photos and

object, it would be an awesome

memories with loved ones. Some

photograph. But when we capture

people don’t realize this. Imagine, we

an ugly object, it would be an artistic

are sitting around a box of photos

photograph. We don’t have to do it

with our friends or family. We are all

professionaly, we just express our

looking at the photos and feel like

idea. I think there is no “professional

going back to the past. There would

photographer“

are

be a lot of talking, laughs, stories,

ordinary photographer but they can

jokes, and maybe even a tear. With

deliver the emotions and tell a story

only a box of photo, it can be an

through a photo.

amazing way to have a quality time

because

they

with our friends or family.

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Third, I can capture the moment that only happen once in a lifetime. For example, a mom just gave birth to a cute baby girl. I am pretty sure everything the baby does, it may be her first step or first time she can hold an apple, her parents will document it because it only happens once and we can not stop the time. The only way to look at that

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moment again is only with a photo. A photo can be tricky, some photos look prettier that the real objects, but photo tell the truth about time because we can edit the photo but we can not edit the time that we capture it. Can you feel the power of a piece of photo?

Believe or not, whatever our hobbies are, we always try to find a way to make money from those hobbies. There is nothing wrong with that because we can’t deny that we need money and most of all famous photographer start their career by just capturing all objects around them. I can’t guarantee if you take a beautiful photo, you will get money. It is not that easy. When you do your hobby with your heart, you will get something you never expect. For me, produce an awesome photo is a must, but earing money from that photo is a bonus.

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WE NEED SUPPORTERS AND INSPIRATIONS

O

n the way to achieve something in our life, we involve some people.

They can be a supporter or inspiration. In photography industry, we are dependent on the tools or kits we have. I thank God because my

parents and my uncle gave me DSLR cameras and unpredictably became a beginning of my dream.

When I was in high school, I have a photography teacher named Philip Andreas . He owns a lot of business, but he teaches just for fun. He is very excited and ambitious. He always accompanies us until we got the lessons, he also share his experiences. In this photography class too, I have two friends which joined this class for three years with me. They are David and William, both of them have different skills. David was expert in capturing something in high

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Mr. Philip A & His Artworks

David J & His Artworks

William S & His Artworks

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or low speed, while William

was

expert in capturing in a unique angle.

Sometimes we go for hunting

and

discussing our photos together. I think Mr. Philip, David, and William have a

big part and have become

my supporter in my experience in photography industry.

We could be an inspiration for other photographers. There are a lot of photographers or photo agents in the world, they all have different way

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to capture and deliver something through photos.

Existence of a

photorgapher depends on the quality, time will prove it. In Indonesia, there are two popular photo agency, Tarzan and King Foto.

They are expert in

family photo and most of important people in Indonesia use their service.

For

a

freelancer photographer , I

know the top two are Darwis Triadi and Darius Manihuruk. Everybody knows them as a senior photographer in Indonesia.

People respect them

not only their photos, but their good attitude and high integrity.

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Darwis Triadi and His Artworks

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Darius Manihuruk & His Artworks

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BIRDS WILL ALWAYS FLY BACK TO THEIR NESTS

G

od created a lot of beautiful objects and places in this world. As an archipelago,

Indonesia has the potential to explore from Sabang to Merauke. Some of them are very famous, but can you imagine how many beautiful natural resources that haven’t been exposed?

Some people catch other’s country beauty, and they proud of themself because

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they

can

take

photos

abroad. Meanwhile some foreigners capture the beauty of Indonesia and sale in their country for their own profit without any credit for Indonesia. If one day I became a professional photographer, I want to capture the beauty of Indonesia from Sabang to Merauke.

Whenever people go, how far people catch their dreams, they will miss the land they grew up, and so do I. I will show to the world the beauty of Indonesia by my photos as an Indonesian photographer, not selling Indonesia’s beauty to others.

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I AM ON MY WAY REACHING MY DREAM JOB

E

verybody has different ways to reach their dreams. The most important is passion, because there is always a person that insulting our dream whereas a big thing starts with a small thing which is dream.

I think there are three ways to reach a dream, it can be started without any plan, or started because of the influences around them, or they know exactly how to start and what the next step is. I started my dream to become a photographer unexpectly, and just have to continue the track. I started with capturing everything around me, then joined photography class in high school, and now I am joining some photography clubs. If I have a chance, I want to take a photography course in a university and work in photo agency. After I got the experiences, I could be a professional photographer and people will know me by my artwork.

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I have heard a quote “Everybody has a dream, but some of them keep on dreaming�. My parents told me to do not look success of others because they are on the top, but look how they climbed a ladder step by step to reach the top. I am Jesslyn and I am on my way reaching my dream job.

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