April 29, 2009 Archive

Can you believe the mania over the swine flu in California? Now, granted, 11 cases are of concern to their family and friends, but let’s put this into perspective.

Eleven people out of 35.5 million have been infected.

Controlling the spread is important, but the near hysteria is a little over the top. You would think the Nikon just released a new digital camera that you could imbed into your skull and think the pictures through the process.

I suppose that’s the media for you.

As with the media and swine flu, the statement “There is more than meets the eye?” is so true. Media frequently has a variety of agendas or angles. Your angle on life is colored by your perspective.

A variety of people can “see” the same situation very differently.

In the same way you can tell a variety of stories depending on your camera angle and placement of subject in the frame.

Of course, cameras are one convenient way to preserve the things normally seen and treasured, whether these are beautiful or not.

In the past, I have clicked pictures of a screaming baby and a very messy toddle.

I even remember one picture of myself as a child when I had fallen and scraped my knee. The picture shows a tender moment of myself and a family friend examining the scrape.

Life isn’t always pretty. It’s important to capture these times in pictures. This process helps us to round out a more accurate rendition of our memories.