Through the looking glass

It always amazes me how photographers can take simple, everyday things such as a wall with peeling paint, a garbage can or playing children and make them look spectacular and breath taking. They can present you something in it's most bare and unaltered form and let that simplicity bring a tear to your eye.

So how can they reveal so much beauty in the world that we pass by everyday? What magic have they got that we weren't lucky enough to be endowed with as well? I was with a photographer once. They do not look at things from all angles, nor do they pre-think how they can edit the photo to enhance it... they see what we see, yet it's as if the beauty reaches their hearts whereas it only reaches our eyes. Then why do we often only realize the beauty of things once they are captured? Photographers must have magic.

Wouldn't it be beautiful if we all had that magic? Wouldn't the world become vibrant enough for us to all get drunk off of?