Date
a girl who takes photographs. Date a girl whose favorite sound is the
click-click of the shutter as it closes and opens to capture a memory.
Date a girl who sees the wonder in the simplest things. Date a girl who
looks at the world and wonders how to put a little of herself in it.
You
might find her in the park, lost behind her lens, the world a blur
around her as she tries to capture a single moment in time. You might
find her in an exhibit, a look of concentration on her face as she
contemplates a photograph that called out to her as she was passing by.
Or maybe you will find her in a bookstore, a book in her lap as she
pores over photographs of weddings all the while wondering what hers
would look like.
Take her out to photo walks and laugh as
she tries to take a picture of you. When she gets tired of walking,
buy her cupcakes but wait until she has taken pictures of them before
proceeding to eat them. Listen as she tells you her ideas for a photo
shoot on the ride home.
Take her to a restaurant and wait
patiently as she surveys the menu carefully, appreciating the food
photography. And again, wait until she has taken a photo of your food
before digging in. Allow her introduce you to Ansel Adams while you
both eat your lunch. Introduce her to your favorite musician as you
wait for the bill to arrive. When you get home, change your Facebook
profile picture into a photograph she took of you. She silently hoped
for it.
Take stolen shots of her. Compile it and give it
to her on her birthday. Tell her you love her over and over until your
voice replaces the click of the shutter as her favorite sound. Kiss her
after she lifts her head up from the camera. Give her camera-shaped
necklaces. Go places with her.
You will never be bored again.
Date
a girl who takes photographs. She will never whine about a little dirt
on her favorite pair of jeans as she kneels down to get a better angle
of her subject. She will never be afraid to take adventures with you.
She will take photographs of you not just with her camera but with her
mind as well and keep it to herself to admire at night. But above all,
she will teach you how to look at the world with a brand new
perspective and she will do that unknowingly.
Marry a girl
who takes photographs. Ditch those wedding photography books and give
her the most beautiful wedding you could. She will teach your kids to
find the beauty in everything just as she had taught you. Every day
will be an adventure as she tries to create memories photograph-worthy
with you. She may wake you up in the middle of the night because she is
buzzing with ideas but she will make it up in the morning with a stack
of hot pancakes beside a steaming cup of your favorite coffee blend.
Grow
old with a girl who takes photographs. Sit with her on the front porch
as you both pore over the bits and pieces of the moments you’ve had
together. Stroke her hair as you both relive the photo walks that you
took and the places you have been when you were both young. Smile as
you both reenact your clever wedding vows.
Date a girl who
takes photographs because she will always see that “something” in the
most “nothing” of things. She will never let anyone take you away from
her like she never lets anyone steal her photos and that is just one of
the evidences that she loves you.