Five Years Later…
I can’t believe it is high school graduation already. It all flew by. I’m so damn excited to start college though. I’m majoring in photography and can’t wait to have a career doing what I love. “Kallie, come on, you can’t always take the pictures. Give your camera to your mom so you can be in this one.” I laugh at my friend Ally. She’s right though, I’m never in the pictures because I’m always taking them. Ever since Braden suggested taking pictures of people, I haven’t stopped. I even set up a small studio in my basement and took some pretty fucking fabulous pictures of my friends. Braden got engaged this year, and he let me take their engagement pictures. I also realized I have no problem telling people what to do—as a matter of fact, I love it. “Kallie, come on.” I snap out of my thoughts and hand my camera to my mom. “Don’t drop it, Mom.” She kisses my cheek and takes the camera.
“I know how long you saved up for this camera. I will handle it with total care.” I smile and walk over to my group of friends. We are all in our cap and gowns ready to venture out in different directions. Ally wraps her arm around me, and we all smile for my mom when she says cheese. After graduation, my mom, Braden, his fiancée Sarah, and I go out to dinner. I can’t help thinking about all the new exciting things that lay ahead for me. The idea that I will one day, in the not too far future, be a professional photographer makes me so damn excited. “How about a family picture before you head off to college?” Sarah asks, holding her hand out for my camera. I reluctantly hand over my camera and move to sit by my mom and brother. She holds up the camera and tells us to smile. It’s so different for me to be on this side of the lens. I’m much more comfortable being behind the lens.
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