Life Lessons

Arriving at the Macaulay building last night, I didn’t really know what to expect from guest speaker Howard Greenberg. I never really took the time to understand photography or research it before that night. Walking in the seminar room and seeing all the photographs I immediately thought that Mr. Greenberg would be explaining in detail the history, angles, lighting, origins, and themes present in each of the photographs. It turned out that we would not only be taught a lesson in photography, but also a lesson in life.

Even though the topic of that evening was photography, the essence of the seminar, which Mr. Greenberg presented to us, was about finding one’s passion in life and the enthusiasm required to turn that passion into a career. Mr. Greenberg almost ended up being a psychologist but after being initially introduced to photography by an ex-girlfriend he dropped what he was doing and never looked back. Not only did Mr. Greenberg follow his passion, he was able to make money in the process without sacrificing his love of photography. He was able to combine the two things that matter most. While most people, especially us college students, seem to be deciding between the two, Mr. Greenberg showed us that we don’t always have to settle.