The Bigger Picture

2023 7th & 8th Grade Poetry Winner

Grab your camera and focus your lens
Don't miss a single image.

The shutter speed needs adjustment, (how long it lets the image in)
When life and images are moving too fast.

The aperture is turned up, (higher number is smaller opening)
Shutting out the light and laughter.

Suddenly the flood lights are on
Your flash relighting your photo like a candle.

The camera is your heart
It beats in your hands.

Light pulses through it
As fast as lighting.

But you have only fought half the battle
The grenade has been thrown: your photo was hit by Color, Filters, Tone.

You have developed your appreciation,
The bigger picture.