I´ve banged on about this to Henry for longer than the Falls have been falling, but please bear with me while I bang on a bit more. Digital photography is destroying delight in the moment. One picture won´t do any more. There need to be dozens, just in case. "Over here, the light´s better; no, she´s in the way; would you mind taking a snap of us both, thank you so much ... ooh, we´re a bit small in frame, could you possibly do another ..." One Korean woman asked me to take her photo, and then instructed me to retake it twice.
I don´t know why it bothers me so. I have no right to complain. I have the luxury of a talented photographer partner, which leaves me smug and free to absorb the present without a moment of worry that it will soon be the past. But the past it soon will be, and no on-line photo album will transport you back to that rainbow spray sparkling on your cheek. Soak it up now, I say, and gaze upon the indigo while you can. You´ll probably find it´s out of focus when you download it later.
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We did it too |
John (with apologies to Henry)
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